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Bari Ziperstein

1978
Born in Chicago, IL
Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA
2004
MFA, Studio Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2000
WS, Women’s Studies Certificate, Ohio University, Athens OH
BFA, Painting, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2026
Solo, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2023
"Fantasy Pieces: Decorative Garments for the Home," Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
"Set Patterns," Charles Moffett Gallery, New York, NY
2022
"Patterns for Models," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2019
"Patterns of Propaganda," Charles Moffett Gallery, New York, NY
2018
"Propaganda Pots​," Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
"Prop Art,"​ Bethel University, Minneapolis, MN
2017
"Fair Trade​," Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2014
"Doppelgänger​," Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX (with Elaine Bradford)
2013
"Decorative Protection​," Five Car Garage, Santa Monica, CA
2012
"Sheets Of Summer Glass​," Passerby Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (with Dana Maiden)
2011
"The Veneer of Decorative Protection,"​ Might Be Good online journal (Link)
2010
"Decorative Protection > Protecting Decoration​," Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, CA Bari Ziperstein​, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2009
"Perk​," See Line Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Foam​," Long Beach City College Project Space, Long Beach, CA (catalog)
2007
"(This Isn’t Happening) Popular Hallucinations For Your Home​," Bank, Los Angeles, CA Spatial Variations​, Harris Art Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA (with Jonathan Furmanski) (catalog)
2005
"10 X 10: 8 Week Lease (Reluctant Monument),​" San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalog & artist book)
2004
"10 X 20: 1 Week Lease,​" MFA Thesis, A402 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
"Longest Way Round," Charles Moffett, New York, NY
"The Vessel Revisited: Fundamental Forms in Contemporary Ceramics," Torggler Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
"Step & Repeat," LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024
"COLA 2024", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Raffi and Al’s Legendary Garden Party,” Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles,CA
2022
"Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay," AMOCA, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA (Link)
"Plants Now!" Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2021
"Dog Days," The Pit, Palm Springs, CA (Link)
"Ring Down The Curtain," Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
"Vessels,"​ Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
"Clay Pop"​, Deitch Projects, NYC
2020
"Formations: Artists in the Archive​," Wende Museum, Culver City, CA
"It’s a Sad Beautiful World​," Wilding Cran, Los Angeles, CA
"The Body, The Object, The Other​ – ​Ceramic Biennial​," Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"Mess: Contemporary Ceramics​," The Future Perfect, New York, Los Angeles & San Franscico, CA
"Chair Show​," The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2018
"Designing Women ll: Masters, Mavericks & Mavens​," Egg Collective, New York, NY
"All Hands on Deck​," Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
"Making It Work: Production by Design​," American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
2017
"Doing Business As,"​ Big Pictures LA, Los Angeles, CA
"Figured Out​," Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Paper Weight,"​ Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
"Figure as Form,"​ LTD, Los Angeles, CA
2015
"Vision in Motion: CA Women in Craft​," Curator’s Cube, Tokyo, Japan
"Pictures & Vessels,"​ Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Yin Yang: Blurring the Lines Between Art & Design​," 99 Cents Plus, Brooklyn, NY
"Domestic Fair,"​ Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2014
"I’m Revolting Ceramic Shop,​ Off Sight," New York, NY
"Corporeal Impulse​," Vincent Price Art Museum, East LA College, Monterey Park, CA
"Another Cat Show​," 356 Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA
2013
"Wonder Valley Way Station​," High Desert Test Sites, Wonder Valley, CA
"Sculpture Show,"​ Carter & Citizen, Culver City, CA
"The Oldest Of Rainbows,"​ Control Room, Los Angeles, CA
"Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest,"​ 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA LA
"Ceramics,"​ NCECA Conference, Houston, TX
2012
"Holodeck​," POST, Los Angeles, CA
"Visual High​," Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun​," Satine, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"Daybreak​," Pop-up Shop, Santa Monica, CA
"Art Within Reach​," Google Headquarters, Venice, CA
"Question And Answer Joke,​" School of Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
"Some People Go Out Dancing,"​ Flag Stop, Torrance, CA
"Two Fold​," The Suburban, Chicago, IL
"Site As Symbol,"​ Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Hack​," Statler Waldorf Gallery, Echo Park, CA
"The Open Daybook Project​," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Hollywood, CA (catalog)
"Pinatas & Busts: Pop-up Dinner​," Patrick Painter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010
"Summercamp’s Project Project: Fall Residency I​," Cypress College, Cypress, CA
"This Is Where It All Goes On:​" Thirty-four Artist Studios, Hayward Gallery, London, England Infected Eye,​ Post, Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Merchm-Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Hollywood, CA
"Concrete Geometries: Spatial Form In Aesthetic Processes​," Allen Ziperstein Projects, Architecture Association School of Association, London, England
"Ladies First,"​ Art Palace, Houston, TX
"CLOSER 104.7: a selection of live & pre-recorded sound,"​ LACE at ALAC, West Hollywood, CA
2009
"Salon No. 2​," Marine, Venice, CA
"Bitch Is The New Black,"​ Honor Fraser Gallery, Culver City, CA
"Drama Of The Gifted Child: The Five Year Plan​," Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
"I’ll Be Your Mirror," Bank, Los Angeles, CA
2008
"JMOCA – Collaborative Project​," Locust Projects, Miami, FL
"Architecture Of Perception​," Box 13, Houston, TX
"Truthiness: Photography As Sculpture​," California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA (catalog)
"Edge Of Light,"​ C.A.G. Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
"Possible Impossible Dimensions​," Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA
2007
"Reverie + Revolt: Contemporary Collage​, Art/Center South Florida, Miami, FL
"A Spectral Glimpse,​" Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Notes From The Overpass: New Art From Los Angeles & St. Petersburg​," Gallery 18, Helsinki, Finland
"Modular: New Art From Los Angeles,"​ White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
"Multiple Vantage Points: Southern CA Women Artists, 1980-2006​," L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
"Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions,"​ California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006
"We Store, Collect & Memorize,"​ Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
"Sprawl,"​ Bank, Los Angeles, CA
2005
"LA Art Girls,"​ Anna Helwing Gallery, Culver City, CA
"3 Person Sculpture Show​," Bank, Los Angeles, CA
"Works On Paper: From Drawings To Ammo,"​ Bank, Los Angeles, CA
2004
"Supersonic,​" ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
"No Place Like Place,"​ Tel Aviv, Israel
"Pareidolia,"​ Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

Public Art Projects

2020
Campus Sculpture Project, University of California, Riverside, CA
2016
Metro Civic Art Program, preselected artist pool, 2014–16
2014
Los Angeles County Arts Commission Civic Art Program, preselected artist pool
2013
"Totems In Indigo​," Arcadia Pool, Arcadia, CA; funder: Los Angeles County Arts Commission
2012
"Mapping History: A Year long Collaborative Project​," Marlborough School, Seaver Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA; funder: Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation
"Hamburg Vending Machine​," Kunst Altonale, Hamburg, Germany
"1,095: One Year’s Worth Of Other People’s Plates​," Bristol Biennial, Bristol, England
"Artists’ Tower of Protest​," Designed by Mark di Suvero and orga​nized by LAXART and the Getty Research Insti​tute for the Pacific Stan​dard Time Per​for​mance and Pub​lic Art Fes​ti​val, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"Recollected: longing for a home,​" Storefront Public Art, Long Beach, CA; funder: Arts Council of Long Beach
"This House Has A Bright Future,"​ Survey West Collaborative: Jill Newman & Bari Ziperstein, Side
Street Projects, Pasadena, CA
2010
"1,095: One Year’s Worth Of Other People’s Plates​," part of ​Let Them Eat LACMA​ curated by
Fallen Fruit, Los Angeles County Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"Wall Works: Zippy’s Nicknacks, Tonics And Magical Gadgets,"​ Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2009
"5 Night Stand​," College Art Association annual conference at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles, CA
2008
"Intersection,"​ Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (with Jed Lind and Jasmin Shokrian)

Curatorial Projects

2018
"Portage Ceramic Prize​," Te Uru Gallery, Auckland, NZ (catalog & exhibition)
2015
"Clay Pool,"​ The Platform Experiment, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"Site As Symbol​," Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006
"A Play On Action: 5 Los Angeles Artists Consider Feminism​," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Bibliography

2025
Walker, Sylvia. "Top 30 Most Important Ceramic Artists Today," CAI, October 9 (Link)
2022
Martin, Hannah. "The Los Angeles-Based Artist Crafting Brutalist Designs Out of Clay," Architectural Design, February 14 (Link)
2021
Stone, Leilah. "Beyond the Wheel," Metropolis, June 16 (reproductions)
Dambrot Nys, Shana, "Transformations," LA Weekly, May 6 (reproductions)
Ritz, Jessica. "The Art of Change," CA Home & Design, Spring 2021 (reproductions)
2020
Shafkind, Erin . "Cause, Effect, & Creativity," Ceramics Monthly, November (reproductions)
2019
‘State of Clay: Six Los Angeles artists add new energy to California’s celebrated ceramics tradition,’ Produced by Martine Bury, Ryan Waddoups, and Devon Kasarjian, Photography by Yoshihiro Makino. Surface Magazine, Fall 2019
‘Working Artists,’ by Lindsay Preston Zappas, Photography by Jeff McLane. CARLA #17 Fall 2019
2018
Campbell, Andy. ArtForum, April (reproductions)
‘New Wave in Clay: Ceramic Design, Art & Architecture by Tom Morris, book April 2018
‘Ceramic art, once written off as mere craft, wins a brighter spotlight in the L.A. scene,’ by Leah Ollman, LA TIMES, April 25, 2018
‘Motherhood and Materiality: Artists Consider Their Altered, Cluttered Surroundings,’ by Shana Nys Dambrot, KCET, April 19, 2018
Propaganda Pots, self published book, essays by Michael Slensky & Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, March 2018
Art Talk by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Bari Ziperstein at Mier Gallery, KCRW Jan 2018
With ‘Propaganda Pots’, Bari Ziperstein gives Cold War message a new dimension, by Leah Ollman, LA TIMES Feb 12, 2018
Creative Spirits: Profile in Vogue Living Australia, March / April 2018
2017
These 20 Artists Are Shaping the Future of Ceramics – ​ARTSY
Slenske, Micheal. “All Fired Up”, LALA Magazine. pgs 88 – 91 (reproductions)
2016
Javelle, Emmanuelle. Design a compte d’auteur, Elle Decoration France, October 2016 (reproductions)
Dessent, Blaire. Bari Ziperstein on Trend Tablet, September 1, 2016 (reproductions)
Wong, Nathan. Ceramics Inspired by Fashion, Design Milk, September 1, 2016 (reproductions)
Elizalde, Molly. Go Behind the Scenes with LA’s Coolest Ceramic Ceramicist, Sweet Feature (reproductions)
Keh, Pei-Ru. Fan Fare, Wallpaper, August 19, 2016 (reproductions)
Silver, Dena. A Ceramic Range, Observer, August 17, 2016 (reproductions)
Kwun, Aileen. Dwell, Rachel Comey Collection, August 15, 2016 (reproductions)
Bobb, Brooke. Vogue.com, Rachel Comey Collection, August 10, 2016 (reproductions)
JUNKO, Inaugural Issue Spring 2016, Essay on Bari Ziperstein Studio (reproductions)
Design Sponge Home Tour, Feb 2016 (reproductions)
Allen, Linlee.Purple Magazine, Studio Visit – online, April 2016 (reproductions)
Editorial Feature on contemporary ceramics, LUXE: Interior + Design, March / April, 2016 (reproductions)
2015
Market Trends, LUXE: Interior + Design, Nov / Dec, 2015 (reproductions)
SiteUnseen LA Exhibition, DEZEEN online design magazine, Winter 2015
Ritz, Jessica. Site-Specific, LA Times, Home & Garden, Dec 3, 2015 (reproductions)
Boone, Lisa. Greystone Mansion Makeover, LA Times, Home & Garden, Nov 14, 2015 (reproductions)
3 Avant-Garde Ceramists Create Sculptural Pieces That Look Like Museum-Worthy Art, Architectural Digest.com, (reproductions)
Market Trends, C: California Style, Winter 2015 / 16 (reproductions)
Bembenek, Julia. Binary Code, Knit Wit Magazine, Winter 2015 (reproductions)
Handle with Care: Objects Book, Trademark Publishing, Winter 2015 (reproductions)
California Gleamin’, Financial Times, Sept 2015 (reproductions)
Design Review, SightUnseen.com, August 2015 (reproductions)
Hartman, Eviana. Two Cult Designs Collaborate on a Sculptural Ceramic Line, VOGUE, online, August 2015 (reproductions)
Women in Craft: Made in USA Catalog, Casa Brutus: Life Design Magazine Japan, May 2015 (reproductions)
Keeps, David. L.A. designers share refined furniture, accessories at NYCxDesign. LA Times, May 22, 2015 (reproductions)
Interview with Shop Bird, NYC www.shopbird.com (reproductions)
Nair, Kaveri. Highlights of the Echo Park Craft Fair, NY Times T Magazine, May 8, 2015 (reproductions)
Xie, Jenny. A Look at Sight Unseen Offsite’s Most Architectural Designs Saturday, Curbed.com, May 16 (reproductions)
Borrelli-Persson, Laird. VOGUE, March 12, 2015 (reproductions)
Allen, Linlee. House Proud: Eclectic Home Goods From an Under-the-Radar L.A. Brand, Style.com, Feb 6, 2015. (reproductions)
2014
Lasky, Julie, Lasky, Julie. ‘The Ring Cycle: Coasters’ Stars Turn,’ New York Times Home Section, Thurs. March 26, 2014
Unzicker, Allyson, ‘Corporeal Impulse: Contemporary Artists Working in Clay,’ Brooklyn Rail, April 2014 (reproductions)
2013
LA I’M YOURS, interview, Sept 2013
IN THE MAKE, feature, studio visit with West Coast Artists. May 2013
SIGHT UNSEEN, feature, studio visit, Feb 2013
2012
Wagley, Catherine. ‘Five Artsy Things to Do This Week,’ LA Weekly, September 12, 2012
Matt Bua & Maximilian Goldfarb. “Speculative Structures”. Text and reproduction. Published by Mark Batty Publisher. 2012
2011
Geoff Tuck & Michael Shaw, The Untitled Art Podcast. Notes on Looking, November 10, 2011
Williams, Janette. “Scaffolding art shows history, future,” Pasadena Star News, Wed June 22, 2011 pp. Cover & A5 (reproductions)
Sunday Dinner Questionnaire featured on eatsundaydinner.com
2010
Americantowns.com, October 30, 2010
“Artistic Kids,” Santa Monica Daily Press, Friday October 29, 2010 (Cover Image)
Artist interview on LACMA blog in conjunction with digital commission in response to Fashioning Fashion
Artist interview on Keep Houston Rich blog in conjunction with Ladies First, Art Palace, Houston, TX
Casagrande, Reggie. “For Display Purposes Only: Interview with Bari Ziperstein,” Lipsticktracez Blog (reproductions)
2009
Hebron, Micol. “Review: Drama of the Gifted Child: The Five Year Plan,” X-TRA Volume 12 Number 2 Winter 2009, pp. 44 – 47 (reproduction)
Martens, Anne. “Bring it On Home Los Angeles Art Outside the White Cube,” Artillery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2009, Vol 4 Issue 2 (reproduction)
Bari Ziperstein, dailyserving.com, December 1, 2009 (reproductions)
Neel, Tucker. “Bari Ziperstein Review at PDC,” Art Lies, Winter 2009 (reproductions).
Miles, Christopher. “Nicole Cherubini at Santa Monica Museum of Art,” LA Weekly, October 14, 2009.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Design Loves Art program brings dealers, artists to the Pacific Design Center,” LA Times, September 23, 2009 (reproduction)
Miles, Christopher. “Bitch is the New Black at Honor Fraser,” LA Weekly, August 26, 2009
Myers, Holly. “Attitude and talent to spare,” LA Times, August 21, 2009
Neel, Tucker. “Critics’ Picks,” Artillery, July/August 2009, p 32 (reproduction)
CAA Newsletter, Volume 34 Number 3 Cover May 2009, cover image
2008
Wagley, Catherine. “Thruthiness,”DailyServing.com, August 28, 2008 (reproduction)
Beil, Kim. ’Young Art: 15 Artists under 35,’ Art LTD, May 2008 (reproductions) p. 60-61.
Dority, Kendra. ‘Goodbye Realism, Hello Abstraction,’ The Occidental Weekly, Feb. 13, 2008 (reproduction)
Grider, Nicholas. ‘Artist Interview,’ iheartphotograph.com, Feb. 2008 (reproductions)
Niederlander, Rebecca. ‘Continuing & Recommended Exhibitions,’ Artscene, February 2008
Gray, Emma. ‘LA Confidential,’ Artnet, January 25, 2008
‘Hermetic in spirit, public in response,’ Artscene Preview Newsletter, February, 2008
2007
Graves, Jen. ‘A Spectral Glimpse,’ The Stranger, Wednesday November 7, 2007 (reproductions)
Luis, Carlos M. ‘Reverie + Revolt,’ El Nuevo Herald, Sunday October 28, 2007
Krainak, Paul. Review, Art Papers, July/August, 2007, pp.73-4
Asher, R. Review, artUS, Issue 18, May/June, 2007, p. 29 (reproduction)
Coleman, Caryn. “Artist Interview,” Suicidegirls.com, May 2007 (reproductions)
Beil, Kim. “Bari Ziperstein at Bank,” Artweek, April 2007, pp. 18-19 (reproductions)
Lo, Melissa. “At the Galleries, Los Angeles,” Flash Art, March/April 2007, p. 73 (reproduction).
Myers, Holly. “Feminist art exhibit measures magic, beauty “Multiple Vantage Points” dynamically captures the feminist spirit,” LA Times, Tuesday March 13, 2007.
Mizota, Sharon. Review, Art LTD: West Coast Art & Design, March 2007.
Bonetti, David. “Galleries showcase the new and the vintage,” St. Louis Today, Sunday February 4, 2007.
“Hell-Sinky,” Downtown News, Monday January 22, 2007; p. 26 (reproduction).
Callahan, Teresa. “Raising the flag,” West End Word, Wednesday Jan 24, 2007.
Bonetti, David. “White Flag unveils LA creativity,” St. Louis Today, Thursday January 4, 2007 (reproduction).
2006
Knight, Christopher. “Artists who stand out from the group,” LA Times, Friday August 11, 2006. 2005
Roth, Charlene. Review, Artweek, May 2005, p. 19, 20 (reproduction)
Baker, Kenneth. Review, The San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday July 23, 2005, p. E1
Windborne, Jamie. Review, Art News Extra, Saturday June 25, 2005 (reproduction)
2004
Knight, Christopher. “Artworks With Wattage,” review & photo, LA Times, Monday June 21, 2004 (reproduction)

Distinctions

2021
Center for Cultural Innovation, Quick Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Los Angeles County Covid Relief Grant, Los Angeles, CA
LA County Employer Assistance Grant Fund, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Los Angeles County Arts Commission Project Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Center for Cultural Innovation First Quarter Completion Grant, Los Angeles, CA
Artist in Residence Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2011
Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation Artist in Residence Grant, Los Angeles, CA
Arts Council of Long Beach Grant, Long Beach, CA
Fellows of Contemporary Art Curatorial Grant, Kitty Chester Series of Curator’s Laboratory Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Individual Artist Grant, City of Pasadena Department of Cultural Affairs, Pasadena, CA
2004
ArtTable Curatorial Internship Scholarship, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Institute Scholarships, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2002
Institute Scholarships, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Residencies

2012
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
2011
Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA
Parkfield Residency, Parkfield, CA
2003
Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, CA
2001
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Teaching and Community Service

2015
Beginning Sculpture, Adjunct Professor, University of California, Riverside, CA
2014
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, University of California, Riverside, CA
2013
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, University of California, Riverside, CA
Children’s Workshop, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Lead Teacher, Crafting Community, Palm Springs, CA
Sculpture Professor, California State Summer School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Advanced Hand Building, Lamp Building, Beginning Sculpture, Xiem Clay, Pasadena, CA
Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, CA
2012
Advanced Hand Building, Lamp Building, Beginning Sculpture, Xiem Clay, Pasadena, CA
Sculpture Professor, California State Summer School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Critiques, and Project, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2011
Board Member, Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA (since 2007)
Slip Casting Workshop, Ball-Nogues Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Beginning Hand Building, Beginning Sculpture, Xiem Clay, Pasadena, CA
Silkscreen, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
Slip Casting Workshop, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Sculpture Professor, California State Summer School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Andell Family Sunday Youth Workshops, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, University of California, Riverside, CA
2010
Lecturer, University of California, Riverside, CA
Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, CA
Sculpture Professor, California State Summer School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Sculpture Professor, California State Summer School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, CA
2007
Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, CA
2006
Visiting Artist Lecturer, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Public Collections

2011
Children’s workshops presented in conjunction with This House Has A Bright Future​, Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA
"Plying the P.E. Trail: Bisecting L.A.’s Edge​," a bicycle tour lead by reluctant urbanist and ecological ethicist Claude Willey along the Pacific Electric Inland Trail in conjunction with "​Site As Symbol​," Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"An Evening of Projections with Pat O’Neill"​ in conjunction with ​"Site As Symbol​," Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Curatorial walkthrough for UCLA Extension in conjunction with ​"A Play On Action: 5 Los Angeles Artists Consider Feminism​," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Panel discussion with exhibition artists hosted by the Fellows of Contemporary Art in conjunction with ​"A Play On Action: 5 Los Angeles Artists Consider Feminism,"​ Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Shanna Waddell

2010
MFA Drawing and Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2006
BFA Drawing and Painting, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026
Solo Exhibition, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2024
"Chapter Two: the greenhouses of s/heness society," Friends Indeed, San Francisco, CA
2023
"Chapter One: where s/heness society lives …," Spurs Gallery, Beijing, China
"Preface: she is s/heness society," Jack Barrett Galley, New York, NY
Fog Design and Art Fair, Friend Indeed, San Francisco, CA
2022
"BOZOMAG," with Conrad Ruiz, Platform, David Zwirner (online)
"Shanna Waddell: an introduction to s/heness society," M+B, Los Angeles, CA
2017
"VRSONYVR," Curated by Hannah Boone, Galerie La Croix, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2016
"Good Luck Charm, Cameron Crone and Shanna Waddell," Curated by Alida Barden, Ms. Barbers, Los Angeles, CA
2014
"( it’s like ) roadside stuffed animals," Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
2013
"The Search for Dipravoslaviye: Shanna Waddell and Rob Matthews," Curated by Rubens Ghenov, Tiger Strikes Astroid, Philadelphia, PA
2011
"Misshapen Chaos of Well-seeming Forms!" Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Fair and Group Exhibitions

2026
"Tonia Calderon, Alec Egan, and Shanna Waddell," Frieze Los Angeles with Vielmetter Los Angeles, Santa Monica Aiport, Santa Monica, CA
2025
"Andrea Bowers and Shanna Waddell," Independent Fair with Vielmetter Los Angeles, New York, NY
2024
"Serendipity," curated by Guiyan He, Riverside Art Centre, Chongqing, China
"7th Annual BOZO MAG Family Hoedown," BOZO Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA
Westbund Art Fair, SPURS Gallery, Shanghai, China
Art SG, SPURS Gallery, Singapore
2023
"Untitled," PM/AM Gallery, Miami, FL
"Descendants," K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, China
"Walk Against the Wind, "Micki Meng, Parker Gallery, New York, NY
Taipei Dangdai Fair, SPURS Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Expo Chicago Fair, Micki Meng, Chicago, IL
2022
Galerie Hussenot, Curated by James Bolton, Paris, France
"Symbiosis," Berkshire Botanical Garden, Curated by Beth Rudin De-Woody, Stockbridge, MA
"Apple in the Dark," Harkawik, New York, NY
"BOZO FAMILY HOEDOWN," M+B, Curated by BOZOMAG, Los Angeles, CA
2021
"BOZOMAG," Office Group Show, Los Angeles, CA
2020
"poem from home," JACOB’S WEST, Curated by Rema Ghuloum (online)
"Hoofprint," TSALA, Curated by J. Makary, Los Angeles, CA
2019
“and I’ll have a pepper-shaker in my cave, so laugh”, ltd Los Angeles, Curated by Kate Eringer, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Odd Ark LA, Barker Hanger, Curated by Hayley Barker, An Art Den, Los Angeles, CA
"Look at the bird. Look at the nest. Look at the rainbow. Look at the the grass," QUEENS. Los Angeles, CA
Torrance Art Museum, Curated by Manuel History Machines, Torrance CA
2017
"SPF15," Anna Breininger, Jamie Felton, Shanna Waddell, San Diego, CA
"GIFC, Traveling Show," Art Athina Fair, Chart Art, Kunst Courtyard, OOLA – Los Angeles, Rod Bianco Gallery, Macaulay & Co Fine Art
"Amplify Compassion," ACLU Benefit, 356 Mission Rd., Los Angeles, CA
2016
"Benefit Auction," Central Park, Los Angeles, CA
"Women on the Fence," MOTHERSHIP, Desert Hot Springs, CA
"Figure as Form," ltd, Los Angeles, CA
"End of Summer Show," 24 Hour Charlie’s, Malibu, CA
2015
"instar," University of the Arts, Gallery 815, Philadelphia, PA
"loophole: a show concerning fantasy, desire, and staring " New Boon, Philadelphia, PA
“Eight Young Figurative Philadelphia Painters,” FJORD, Philadelphia, PA
2014
“Begin Where You Are At,” Ice Box, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“Whitney Houston Biennial: I am every Woman,” Brooklyn, NY
2013
"Project Sapce,” Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
“The Engagement Party,” Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
“Manual History Machines: The Familiar Unfamiliar,” Casa Agave, Twenty-Nine Palms, CA
“Animal Show,” Pterodactyl Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Pageant,” Soloveev, Philadelphia, PA
“Benefit Show,” Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Three in Doubles,” FJORD, Philadelphia, PA
2012
"Dirty Pretty Things," Gallery 102, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
"Mirror, Mirror," Airplane Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Brittany Pratter
2011
"Handshakes," Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
"Untitled," Philadelphia, Gallery 102, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
"15 Years," Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
"An Oasis of Thoughts," New Old School Building, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Faculty Show, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Curatorial Projects

2017
"Alice Throne: Works from the 80’s and 90’s," POST, Los Angeles, CA
2016
"Floating Letters," Manhattan Beach Arts Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
"Poetry Reading- FIGURE 1, FIGURE 2, FIGURE 3: By Jamie Felton," Manhattan Beach Arts Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
"Book Release – FIGURE 1, FIGURE 2, FIGURE 3: By Jamie Felton," Manhattan Beach Arts Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
2015
"WIND CHIMES," Bannerette, Brooklyn NY
2014
"Eight Young Figurative Artist Who Live in Philadelphia (with Dona Nelson)," FJORD, Philadelphia, PA

Bibliography

2024
Pepperdine Fine Art Division, Art and Art History Lecture Series, Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2023
"Shanna Waddell," Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence, Sausalito, CA
Davidson, Emily. "Shanna Waddell Interviewed," BOMB, May
Waddell, Shanna. "An introduction to s/heness society," New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, Public Lecture Series, New York, NY
2020
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"Must See Art Event, VRSONYVR, Galerie La Croix," Curate LA, February 23
2014
Monnier, Annette."Begin Where You Are," Icebox Project Space, November 1
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"2013 Panel Discussion: Temple Gallery," Tyler School of Art, November 5
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Public Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Patrick Wilson

Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
1970
Born in Redding, California
1995
MFA, Claremont Graduate School, CA
1993
BA, University of California, Davis, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026
Solo Exhibition, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2024
"Patrick Wilson," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
"Field Sketch," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022
"Patrick Wilson," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2021
"Keeping Time," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"Patrick Wilson," Miles McEnery, New York, NY
2018
"Patrick Wilson," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2017
"Patrick Wilson," Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2015
"Patrick Wilson," Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2014
"Evolving Geometries: Line, Form, and Color," Moss Art Center at Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
"Steak Night," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2012
"Patrick Wilson: Pull," University Art Museum, California State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
"Color Space," Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe, New York, NY
"Slow Motion Action Painting," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2011
"Good Barbecue," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2010
"The View from My Deck," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2009
"Always For Pleasure," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"Slow Food," Curators Office, Washington DC
2008
"Considering Truth and Beauty," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
"Suite for Mount Washington – works on paper," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (project space)
2007
"Some Things I Like," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2006
"The Chandler Paintings," Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
"Hothouse Flowers," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005
"The Course of Empire," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Patrick Wilson: West," Fusebox, Washington, DC
2004
"New Paintings," Brian Gross Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Oil Fields," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2003
"New Paintings," Fusebox, Washington, DC
2002
"L.A." Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"Patrick Wilson: Dark City," Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2001
"Patrick Wilson," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1999
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026
"Cold Comfort," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2025
“California Dreaming," Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH
"Summer Hang," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2024-2025
“All Bangers, All The Time: 25th Anniversary Exhibition," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2024
"Latest and Greatest: New Work," The Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2022
"Making a Mark: Abstraction in the Ahmanson Collection," The Ahmanson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Summer Drift," Miles McEnery, New York, NY
"Plants Now!" Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Good Vibrations," curated by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp and Shana Nys Dambrot, Palm Springs Convention Center, Intersect Art and Design Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2021
"FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANONYMOUS," North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND (Link)
"Break + Bleed," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2020
"20 Years: Anniversary Exhibition," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Do You Think It Needs A Cloud?," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"The Responsive Eye Revisited: Then, Now, And In-Between," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2018
“Michael Reafsnyder & Patrick Wilson,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
"Belief in Giants," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Link)
2017
“On The Road: American Abstraction," David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Pivotal: Highlights from the Collection,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2016
“Geometrix: Lin, Form, Subversion,” Curator’s Office, Bethesda, MD
2014
"NOW-ism: Abstraction Today," Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH (Link)
2013
"California Visual Music Three Generations of Abstraction," Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Co-curated by Marcus Herse and David Michael Lee, Orange, CA
2012
"Local Color," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2011
"Sea Change: The 10th Anniversary Exhibition," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2010
"Tomorrow’s Legacies: Gifts Celebrating the Next 125 Years," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"California Biennial," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"Summer Selections," Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY
2009
"Broodwork," Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA
"Summer 09," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
"Electric Mud," University of Houston, TX; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, curated by David Pagel (January 17 – March 29, 2009)
2008
"iCandy: Current Abstraction in Southern California," Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
"Swim," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2007
"Keeping it Straight: Right Angles and Hard Edges in Contemporary Southern California Art," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, curated by Peter Frank
2006
“Claremont Connections: Selections From the Permanent Collection," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"Abstraction," Mulry Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2005
"Two-Fold: Patrick Wilson – Richard Wilson," Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, curated by David Pagel
"Into the Light," Scape Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
"Fabulous," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
"Gyroscope," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
2004
"New," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City CA
"Tremolo," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2003
“Unstable," Fusebox, Washington, DC
"Place," Harris Art Gallery at the University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
2002
"Chromophilia," Fusebox, Washington DC
2001
“The Permanent Collection: 1970 – 2001," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Heat," Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
"New Work: LA Painting," Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Monochrome / Monochrome?," Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Lilly Wei
2000
"Cool Painting 2000," Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
"Maximal / Minimal," Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
"2000 Anos Luz," Instituto Oscar Dominguez, Teneriffe
1998
"Cool Painting," Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
"Four: Painting in the Abstract," The Living Room, San Francisco, CA
"Transcendence, An Exhibition Celebrating Works of Irish and Irish American Artists," Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1997
"Generational Abstractions," Ruth Bachofner, Santa Monica, CA
"L.A. Emerging," Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996
"Drawn Conclusion: Southern California Drawing," Riverside Art Museum, CA
"California Focus: Selections from the Collection of the Long Beach Museum," Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA
"Time Splits Open: Fifteen Narratives," Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1994
"Next," California State University, Los Angeles, CA

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2024
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2022
Cameron, Dan. “The Condition of Color,” essay in Patrick Wilson, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Roth, David. “The Resilience of Geometric Abstraction,” Square Cylinder, July
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2019
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Frank, Peter, “Patrick Wilson: Plane As Day”, essay for exhibition catalog, Miles McEnery Gallery
2018
"Patrick Wilson," Moriarty Magazine, April
Pagel, David," When a rectangle is more than a rectangle: Making sense of Patrick Wilson’s colorful chaos," Los Angeles Times, February 5 (Link)
2017
Wei, Lilly, “Ways of Seeing”, essay for exhibition catalog, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe
Krieger, Deborah, “At OCMA, It’s A Masterful Reinstallation of the Permanent Collection,” White Hot Magazine, December (Link)
2015
Westfall, Stephen, “The Quiet Crowd”, essay for exhibition catalog, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe
Cohen, Jean Lawlor, A Lesson in Geometry, IN New York, May 26
2014
Pagel, David, NOW-ism: Abstraction Today, exhibition catalog essay
Tani, Ellen Yoshi, "Intense, Immersive, and Intimate: Patrick Wilsons Abstract Paintings," Artsy, November 28
Booth, Caetlynn, "Artworks Engage Architecture at Virginia Tech’s Moss Arts Center," Burnaway, November 20
Pagel, David, "Review: Patrick Wilson throws vibrant curves in ‘Steak Night,’" Los Angeles Times, January 24 (Link)
Crutchfield, Margo Ann, "Patrick Wilson," brochure for Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech exhibition "Evolving Geometries: Line, Form, and Color," Fall
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, "Geometric Abstraction in Many Forms," Art Talk on KCRW, January 23 (Link)
2012
Newhouse, Kristina, "Patrick Wilson: pull," catalog essay for exhibition "Patrick Wilson: pull" at CSU Long Beach University Art Museum, September
Gottlieb, Shirle, Recommendations: Patrick Wilson / Linda Day, ArtScene, December 9
Katz, Marni, CMYLK: Patrick Wilsons Abstract Artwork, Design Milk, December 7
Frank, Peter, Haiku Reviews, Huffington Post, December 3
O’Brian, Draza, "Eye on Art: Dive into UAM’s Three-Part Exhibition Of Abstraction", Gazettes, November 16
Cohen, Edie, What a Hunk, Interior Design, August 1
Larkin, Corina, "Patrick Wilson, Color Space", The Brooklyn Rail, March
Baker, Kenneth, Action painting in slow motion, San Francisco Chronicle, June 16
2011
Bancroft, Sarah, 2010 California Biennial, exhibition catalog
Gleason, Mat, Top 10 Culver City Exhibits for September, Huffington Post, September 27
Feinstein, Lee, "Sea Change", ARTnews, December
2010
Calder, Diane, 2010 California Biennial, ArtScene, December
Walsh, Daniella, Sober Paris with Send-Ups in Biennial Exhibit, The Laguna Beach Independent,November 26
Sommer, Daniella, Art in the OC: the 2010 California Biennial, KQED arts, Kqed.com
Bancroft, Sarah, Curating the 2010 Biennial, Art LTD, October
Drucks, Achim, Art as Lifesaver, Deutsche Bank ArtMag 63, October
Baker, Kenneth, Winning Wilsons at Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco Chronicle, May
2009
Scarborough, James, Patrick Wilson at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Artillery, Sept/Oct
Britt, Douglas, Playing With Mud, Houston Chronicle, February 2009
Pagel, David, Wilson not boxed in by rectangles, Los Angeles Times, July 24
Pagel, David, Electric Mud, exhibition catalogue, Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, with essays by Sara Cochran and Claudia Schmuckli
Cohen, Jean Lawlor, Plain Geometry, Where Washington, September
Lawerence, Sidney, Patrick Wilson at Curators Office, Art in America, December
Judkis, Maura, The Year in Galleries, Washington City Paper, September
2008
Frank, Peter, "In Brief: Patrick Wilson, Art On Paper, May/June
Baker, Kenneth, "Wilson at Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco Chronicle, May 3
Ruiz, Alma, New American Paintings: juried exhibitions-in-print
2006
Baker, Kenneth, “Wilson Paintings at Brian Gross”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 21
Hart, Scot, "Artist Profile, Lifescapes, September, pg.54
Kotwal, Kaizaad, "Inventive Use of Space, Color Yields Poetry, Columbus Dispatch, May 21
Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week, LA WEEKLY, January 6-12
2005
Zone, Ray, "Patrick Wilson at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Art Scene, Vol. 25, No.1,December, pgs. 21-22
"Art on the Riverfront, Selections from the Radio Shack collection, catalog, pg.56
Andrews, Scott, "A warlike people, Java Magazine, February
2004
Dove, Amy, "Stefanie Schneider and Patrick Wilson at Susanne Vielmetter", Artweek, July / August issue, pg. 25
"The Western Landscape’s Lure", LA Times Calendar, May 6
Frank, Peter, "Stefanie Schneider, Patrick Wilson, Miriam Dym", LA WEEKLY, Pick of the week, May 21 – May 27, 2004
2003
Oshima, Tetsuya, "Patrick Wilson: Towards a Newer Painting". Art / Criticism, 2003 issue
Bullis, Douglas, "100 Artists of the West Coast", Schiffer Publishers, 2003, pg. 66 – 67
Dixon, Glenn, "Light and Place", Washington City paper, May 16
Green Tyler, "D.C. Diary", artnet, May 9
Scarborough, James, "Patrick Wilson at Los Angeles Projects at the Armory Show New York", NY Arts Magazine, March
Gleason, Mat, "Art Angelenos: 24 hot tickets for the LA scene", Modern Painters, Spring issue,pg. 70-75
2002
Ollman, Leah, "A Rainbow of Los Angeles Images", Los Angeles Times, November 1
Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, Pick of the Week, November 1 – 7
Gallery Top Ten Los Angeles, Number 1, Coagula, November
Dixon, Glenn, "Chromophilia", Washington City Paper, February 8, 2002
2001
Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Friday, July 13, 2001
Cotter, Holland, The New York Times, Friday, May 25, 2001
Pence, Elizabeth, "Patrick Wilson and Eve Wood at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles
Projects", Artweek, June 2001
2000
Bernbach, Sarah, "Island Hopping", catalog essay for "2000 Anos Luz, Galeria
Leyendecker/Instituto Oscar Dominguez.
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Pagel, David, "The Space Between Things, artist catalog essay, 2000.
Pagel, David, "Themes Out of School: Art & Education in Los Angeles, CAA Collection, catalog essay, 2000.
Wei, Lily, "Patrick Wilson at Stefan Stux, Art In America, January, 2000.
1999
Baker, Kenneth, "Abstract Painter Reflects Subtle Gestures: Patrick Wilson on the
Edge, San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 1999.
Bonetti, David, "Abstractions Remarkable Return, San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 1999.
Chambers, Christopher, "Picks, New York Arts Magazine, April 1999.
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Rodriguez, Juan, "Cool Painting at Brian Gross Fine Art, Artweek, February 1999
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1998
Baker, Kenneth, "Cool Paintings Radiate Heat, San Francisco Chronicle,
December 12, 1998.
Baker, Kenneth, "Fine Work in the Living Room, San Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 1998.
1997
Kandel, Susan, "Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, September,1997.
1996
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Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, July 8, 1994

Public Collections

Auchenbach Collection, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, CA
Benton Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, FL
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

John Sonsini

1975
BA, California State University, Northridge, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026
“Francisco, Roger, Jorge, David, Enrique, Rodney, Carlos, Gabriel, Ramiro, Luis, Fernando, Rian, and Carlos," PARA A, Mexico City, MX
2024
"Still Life Stories," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023
"Watercolors," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2020
"Cowboy Stories & New Paintings," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2019
"John Sonsini," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“A Day’s Labor: Portraits by John Sonsini,” Art Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2018
“Daywork: Portraits,” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2015
“John Sonsini,” Patrick Painter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
“John Sonsini: New Paintings,” Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2012
“John Sonsini: Paintings,” Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
“John Sonsini: New Paintings,” Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
“John Sonsini: Men,” Hamilton College, Emerson Gallery, Clinton, NY
2011
“Los Vaqueros,” James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2010
“Broad Reminders: The Paintings of John Sonsini,” ACME, Los Angeles, CA
“Portraits from Los Angeles,” Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2008
“New Paintings,” ACME, Los Angeles, CA
2007
“John Sonsini: Paintings and Drawings,” Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
“John Sonsini,” Cheim & Read, New York, NY
2006
“New Paintings,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA
2005
“John Sonsini,” Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY
“Cerca Series: John Sonsini,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2003
“Portraits,” ACME, Los Angeles, CA
“John Sonsini,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2002
ACME, Los Angeles, CA
2000
“Gabriel,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA
1999
“Gabriel, New Paintings,” Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998
“John Sonsini, New Photographs,” David Aden Gallery, Venice, CA
1997
“Photographs of John Sonsini,” Tom of Finland Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986
Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983
Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1982
Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
"HEADS," Laguna College of Art and Design Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2024-2025
"All Bangers, All The Time," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2024
"To Move Toward the Limits of the Living: LGBTQ+ Works from the Collection," Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
"Unfinished," The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, Fullerton, CA
2023
"Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022-2023
"Order / Reorder: Experiments with Collections," Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2022
"Where Words Falter: Art and Empathy," Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
"Some People," Cheim & Read, New York, NY
2021
"Art and Hope at the End of the Tunnel," USC Fisher Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2020
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement,” The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C
“Collecting on the Edge,” Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2018
“Belief in Giants,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“Modern and Contemporary,” Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
“From the Collection of Karen & Robert Duncan,” The Assemblage, Lincoln, NE
2017
“The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers,” National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
2016
“Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“Us is Them,” Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
2015
“The Human Touch: Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art Collection,” Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2014
“The Triumph of Love: Beth Rudin DeWoody Collects,” Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
“Who we are, Selections from the Collection of Karen & Robert Duncan,” Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum, Clarinda, IA
“Concrete Infinity, Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013
“Mr & Mrs,” James Salomon Contemporary, New York, NY
“Art of the West,” Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
“The Human Touch: Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art Collection,” Scottsdale
Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2012
“Domestic Relations,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Mr & Mrs,” James Salomon Contemporary, New York, NY
“All I Want is a Picture,” Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Body Language,” Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
“SFMOMA: Contemporary Painting, 1960 to the Present: Selections from The Permanent Collection,” SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
“¡Cuidado! – The Help,” Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011
“Mise-en-Scène,” Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
“Works of Paper,” ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
“Disquieted,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
“Personal Identities: Contemporary Portraits,” University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
“Private Display,” New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
“Think Pink,” Gavklak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
“The Human Touch,” Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
2009
“Posture,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“With You I Want to Live,” Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2008
“Other People,” UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“The Sum of Its Parts,” Cheim & Read, New York, NY
2006
“Art on Paper 2006 ” Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
“Selected Paintings – Los Angeles,” Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
“Twice Drawn,” Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005
“Plip, Plip, Plipity,” Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2004
“Singing My Song,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA
“Rogelio,” Installation painting, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, curated by JoAnne Northrup
“About Painting,” Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“SPF, Self-Portraits,” Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
“intimates,” Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“ACME. @ Inman,” Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2002
“nude + narrative,” P. P. O. W. , New York, N Y
“L.A. Post Cool,” The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
“Representing L. A. ,” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2001
“Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Painting: Fore and Aft,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
“Portraits from L. A. ,” Robert and Francis Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino, C A
1998
“Photographs,” David Aden Gallery, Venice, C A
“Examining Sexuality,” Marc Arranaga, Los Angeles, CA
1997
“Private Reserve,” Photo Impact Gallery, Hollywood, CA
1996
Rosamund Felson Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Michael Duncan
1994
“L. A. Nude,” Photo Impact Gallery, Hollywood, CA
“LAX the L. A. Biennial,” Otis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992
“Contemporary Figure,” Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, curated by Peter Frank
1991
“L.A. Nude,” Photo Impact Gallery, Hollywood, CA
1990
“Feminine/Masculine,” Christopher John Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Time,” Marc Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Humans Being,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986
“Issues,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985
“Perspectives,” California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
“Contemporary Monotypes,” Security Pacific Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
“Paintings/Invitational Candidate Exhibition,” American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1984
“Pastels,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, C A
“Seventeen Self Portraits,” Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
“No Finish Line,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles,CA
“From Los Angeles,” Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1983 “Figure Fascination,” Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Monoprints from Angeles Press,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Four L. A. Painters,” The American Gallery, Los Angeles, C A

Selected Projects

2012
“The Extraordinary Life & Times of Bruce of L.A., 1948-1974,” from the Collection of John Sonsini, Pacific Standard Time Gallery Exhibition, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by John Sonsini
2007
The Puerto Vallarta Project, Jalisco, Mexico
The Brooklyn Project, Brooklyn, NY
The Santa Barbara Project, Santa Barbara, CA
2005
DAYL ABOR/Hollywood Work Center, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2025
Pagel, David. "John Sonsini + David Pagel: Broad Reminders," Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM.
2021
Pagel, David. "John Sonsini," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Dini, Jane, The Male Portraits of John Sonsini, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA.
2007
Grove, Jeffrey, John Sonsini, Cheim & Read, New York, NY.
2005
Berry, Ian, John Sonsini: New Paintings, Anthony Grant Inc., New York, NY.
2001
Leddick, David, Male Nude Now, Taschen.
Made in California: Art, Image, Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2000
Fuglie, Gordon L., Representing LA, Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
1999
Ianco-Starrels, Josine, Portraits From L. A. , Robert V. Fullerton Museum, San Bernardino, CA.
1998
Lucie-Smith, Edward, Adam: The Male Figure In Art, Rizzoli. Leddick, David, The Male Nude – 100 Year History, Taschen.
2016
Berry, Ian, Jeffrey Grove, Allan M. Jalon, John Sonsini, exhibition catalogue, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY.
2010
Wood, Eve, John Sonsini, exhibition brochure, ACME., Los Angeles, CA.
Duncan, Michael, Portraits from Los Angeles, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
2009
Lippman, Irvin M., The Collection of Gordon Locksley & George Shea, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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2024
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2019
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Public Collections

Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
AD&A Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Addison Gallery of American Art, Philips Academy, Andover, MA
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Frances Young Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Marieluise Hessel Collection, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
The Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County College, Overland Park, KS
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Yunhee Min

Born in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
2007
MA, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Design Studies
1993
Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf, Germany
1991
BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025
"Stills," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023
"New Paintings," Miles McEnery, New York, NY
2022
“You Are Here,” Metro Purple Line, Westwood/UCLA Station (Planned Completion Date 2027)
2021
"Vitreous Opacities," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2020
"Up Close in Distance," Gallery Platform LA, online
2019
"Hammer Projects: Yunhee Min," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2018
"Yunhee Min & Peter Tolkin: Red Carpet in C," University of California, Riverside, Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts, Riverside, CA
"Wilde Paintings," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2016
"movements," Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2015
"movements," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Luminaire Delirium (Equitable Life or soft machine)," Equitable Vitrines, Los Angeles, CA
2013
"Into the Sun," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
""Shades for Night," Site-specific installation, Inaugural exhibition, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
“For Instance,” Site-specific installation, Lindbrook Terrace, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2010
"Attraction," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009
"Yunhee Min: Continuum: Structure #003," LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
2008
"Yunhee Min: For instance," The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, The Amie and Tony James Gallery, New York, NY
"Claire Cowie and Yunhee Min,” James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007
Graduate School of Design Team participation, Sponsored by History Channel
The City of the Future: A Design and Engineering Challenge, Los Angeles Competition, Harvard
2006
"Yunhee Min: Above and Beyond (x, y, z)," Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
2005
"Distance is Like the Future, Circa Series: Yunhee Min", Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
"another country", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
iT House, OutFiT Design for TaalmanKoch Architecture
2004
“Difference and Repetition (Invisible Cities)," Microsoft Corporation, Redmond Campus, WA
"Fading Wild", Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
"Double Positive", ArtPace, San Antonio, TX
2003
James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Out of Bounds (from here and afar)," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
"Corrugate", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2002
"Events in Dense Fog," Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2001
"Recline," James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000
ACME, Los Angeles, CA
1999
"I Put a Spell on You Too," Plug In, Winnipeg, Canada
"Tugboat," Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX
1998
"Work in two and three dimensions," Post, Los Angeles, CA
"Windows on Wilshire," LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
1997
"One Foot in Front of the Other," Or gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1996
"Between the Sheets," The Full Moon Gallery, Foundation for Art Resources (FAR), Los Angeles, CA
1997
“Agent Orange,” Site Specific Installation, POST, Los Angeles, CA
"Home Improvement Paintings,” LASCA, Los Angeles, CA
1996
"Fast times," ACME, Santa Monica, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024-2025
"All Bangers, All The Time," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2024
"15 Years of Artist Curated Projects," Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA
"Pacific Abstractions," Perrotin, Los Angeles, CA
2021
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"The light touch," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2018
“Evolver,” LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA
“Belief in Giants,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Link)
2016
“L.A. Exuberance: New Gifts by Artists,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2015
"Elemental | Seeing the Light," Sturt Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles, CA
"Magic Mountain," Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara Satellite, Santa Barbara, CA
"Speed Space," Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Alexandra Gaty
2013
"Spectra," San Diego State University Downtown Gallery, San Diego, CA
2012
"Lost Line: Contemporary Art From the Collection," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"Plain Brown Wrapper," curated by Molly Larkey, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2010
"WP9," Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
"Claire Cowie: 12 Views || Yunhee Min: New Paintings," James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
"People Weekly," the Amie and Tony James Gallery at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY
"Digital With Monument," The Silver Shed, New York, NY
2007
"Merit Badge 2," Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY (Curated by Jason Middlebrook)
"The Trans-Aestheticization of Daily Life," Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA, Curated by Peter Zeller
2006
"Too Much Love," Angles Gallery, Curated by Amy Adler
2005
"Wall Painting," UTSA Art Gallery at the University of Texas at San Antonio, curated by Frances Colpitt
"Around About Abstraction:" Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC
"20 Scene 05," Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2004
"Difference and Repetition (Invisible Cities)," Microsoft Corporation at Redmond, WA
"New," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Inaugural exhibition Culver City space, Culver City, CA
"Yunhee Min – Herbert Hamak", ArtSource, San Francisco, CA
2003
"Warped Space", CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, Curated by Ralph Rugoff
"International Abstraction: Making Painting Real", Seattle Art Museum, Curated by Lisa Corrin, Seattle WA
"Abstruction", Artists Space, Curated by Eungie Joo, New York, NY
2001
"Cal’s Art," University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX
"Rogue Wave," LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
"Snap Shot," UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, FL
"Curious, Altoids Collection," The New Museum, New York, NY
2000
"The Next Wave," California Center for the Arts, Escondido, Curated by Noriko Gamblin, Escondido, CA
"KOREAMERICAKOREA," Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by David Ross & Sun-Jung Kim, Seoul, Korea; Traveled to KyungJu, Korea
"Deterritorialization of Process," Artists Space, Curated by Michael Joo, New York, NY
"Shimmer," Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Curated by Thomas Lawson, Los Angeles, CA
1999
"Hubcap Diamond Star Halo," Claremont Graduate University, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Curated by Leonardo Bravo and Christopher Miles, Claremont, CA
"Other Paintings," Huntington Beach Art Center, curated by Julie Joyce, Los Angeles, CA
"Structural Elements, Views of Architecture and Architectural Elements," Transamerica Pyramid Lobby, San Francisco, CA
"Under 500/Intimate Abstract Painting,’ the Black Dragon Society, curated by James Hayward, Los Angeles, CA
"After the Goldrush," Thread Waxing Space, curated by Joe Wallin & Lea Gongitano, New York, NY
1998
"Wings of Desire," San Francisco Art Institute, Walter/McBean Gallery, Curated by Michelle Guy, San Francisco, CA
1997
"Yunhee Min / Lise Soskolne," Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
"Freeze," W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Ambient Suburbs," POST, Curated by Julie Joyce, Los Angeles, CA
1996
"Human Condition," Caren Golden Fine Art, Curated by Bennett Roberts, New York, NY

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2021
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2019
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2016
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2013
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2012
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2007
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2006
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2005
Jaunkauskas, Jennifer. Glass Tire, October
Firstenberg, Laurie, Another Country, Art Papers, September/October Issue
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Pagel, David, A method to crookedness, LA Times, June 3
2004
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2003
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Farr, Sheila, "Mesmerizing art aims to put viewer off balance", Seattle Times, Sept. 26
Baker, Kenneth, "Welcome to Yerba Buena’s bargain basement of summer shows", San Francisco Chronicle, July 31
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de Guzman, Rene, "A piece in four parts", exhibition catalog essay, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
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2002
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2001
Knight, Christopher. ‘A Snapshot of L.A. Artists,’ LA Times, June 6, F1
Cotter, Holland. ‘Fresh,’ NY Times, January 19, B40
2000
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Watson, Laurie. ‘put a spell on me too,’ Tart, issue 7
Johnson, Ken. ‘After the Gold Rush,’ NY Times, June 18, B31
Knight, Christopher. ‘Publicly funded artists rise to the challenge,’ LA Times, June 4, F16
Morgan, Susan. ‘The Spirit of Place: Art in Los Angeles,’ COLA Catalogue Essay, Pg 10
1998
Scott, Kitty. ‘Vertical Economy,’ Canadian Art, Spring, Pg 112
Webster, Mary Hull. Artweek, April, Pg 19
Baker, Kenneth. ‘ L.A. Imports at Art Institute,’ San Francisco Chronicle, February 19, E1
Helfand, Glen. ‘Wings of Desire,’ Guardian, February
1997
Spaid, Sue. ‘Foreign Policy,’ LA Weekly, December 12-18, Pg 65
Young, Paul. ‘On the Edge,’ LA Magazine, November, Pg 92
1996
Kandel, Susan. ‘No Way Out,’ LA Times, March 21, F10

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2024
Thomas Mann Villa Aurora Fellowship, Berlin, Germany (Link)
2022
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Fine Art, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, NY
2016
Creative Capacity Fund (CCF) Quick Grant Program, Los Angeles, CA
2015
UCIRA Grant (University of California Institute for Research in the Arts for a Major Grant), Riverside, CA
2013
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY
2010
Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
2009
Artist in Residence, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju-Do, South Korea
2008
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2006
Alptert Ucross Residency Prize
2003
Wattis Artist in Residence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1999
COLA, (City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant)
1996
KAFA, Korean America Foundation for the Arts Individual Artist Grant

Teaching Experience

2013 – Present
University of California Riverside, Professor of Art, Riverside, CA

Public Collections

Metro Art Los Angeles, UCLA/Westwood Station, Los Angeles, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA
Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Raffi Kalenderian

1981
Born in Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
2004
BFA, University of California, Los Angeles
Residency, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
2007
Residency, St Barthélemy, French West Indies

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026
"Spotlight: Raffi Kalenderian," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2025
"Bathers (Nothing Comes From Nothing)," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2024
"Eighteen With a Bullet," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Paris, France
2023
"Raffi Kalenderian: Call The Curtain / Raise The Roof/ Spirits On Tonight," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2022
"Across the way moved in a pair
, With passion in its prime,
 Maybe they look through to us, And hope that’s them in time," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
"Before The Moon Falls," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2021
"Raffi Kalenderian," Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
2020
"Raffii Kalenderian," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2019
"Memento Vivo," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2018
"Always in Rare Form," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany (Link)
2017
"Portraits," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland (Link)
2016
"For the Dead," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Green River," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2015
"To Walk Through the Night," Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
"Raffi Kalenderian," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Raffi Kalenderian," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2013
"Paint Work," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012
"Interior Life," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
"Currents, Undercurrents, and Maneuvers," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2011
"Raffi Kalenderian," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2010
"Memoranda," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
2008
"Satellites," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
"Palimpsest: Selected Works on Paper," Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York, NY
2006
"Wicked Waters," Medium, St. Barthlemy, French West Indies
"Born Under Punches," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026-2027
"Selections from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection," The Juilliard School, New York, NY
2025
"OCEAN," Ezra Gallery, The Hamptons, Sag Harbor, NY
2024-2025
"All Bangers, All The Time," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2024
"Oasis," La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"Overserved," Curated by Raffi Kalenderian and Alberto Cuadros, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
"Raffi and Al’s Legendary Garden Party," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"New Works by Lavaughan Jenkins, Mario Joyce, Raffi Kalenderian, Kiriakos Tompolidis," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023
"Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Horizon Line," ABR Contemporary, Miami Beach, FL
2022
"New Visions," Curated by Andrew Reed and Sophia Kardonski, THE LOVE YOU GALLERY, Miami, FL
2021
"In the Meanwhile…Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
"Via Cafe," Tif Sigfrids, Comer, GA
2020
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"What is an edition, anyway?," McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018
"Genius Loci", Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
"To our Fellow Artists and Poets who are Confused About Which Way to Go,” Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2017
"Hotel Kalifornia," Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France
"Whats Up New York," LVH Art, New York
2016
"Painter’s Painters," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
“A Verdant Summer,” Taymour Grahne, New York, NY
“Imagine,” Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2013
"Body Language," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2011
"Goldmine," curated by Christopher Scoates, UAM, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2010
"Crystal World," Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
"Die Nase des Michelangelo," Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich, Switzerland
"Painting," curated by Roger Herman, LA Art House, Los Angeles, CA
"Portraits de Collectionneurs," Muro Gallery, Chtelaine, Switzerland
"Next Generation," Kunstmuseum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
2008
"L.A. Potential: HangArt 7," Salzburg, curated by Lioba Reddeker
"Faces and Figures (Revisited)," Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
"Stories: Portraits," Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
"Some Paintings: The Third (2007)," LA Weekly Annual Biennal, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007
"Cali in CPH, Part ii: Bucket of Ice," Co-Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Warhol &," Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
"Fall," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
"Boat Show," High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
"Just My Funny Way of Laughing," South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA
2005
"Christmas in July," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2004
"Walk You Home If You Walk Me Home Right After," Los Angeles, CA, curated by Eric Palgon
"Dear Summertime," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
"Living in the Ice Age," University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2003
"UCLA Undergraduate Juried Show," Official Selection, Los Angeles, CA
"New Work," University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

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2025
Miles McEnery Gallery. "In The Studio With Raffi Kalenderian And Friends," Artforum, May 1
2023
Artnet Gallery Network. "5 Trending Artists Grabbing the Attention of the Artnet Gallery Network This August," Artnet, August 4
2022
Kalenderian, Raffi. "Why This Art: Traveling Through Time with ‘The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light’," Alta, December 21 (Link)
Anderson, Mitchell. "Raffi Kalenderian’s Kaleidoscopic Compositions," Frieze, July 19 (Link)
2021
Soloski, Alexis. "What Megan Mullally Likes: Soft T-Shirts and Sad Songs," New York Times, Feb 9
2019
De Witt, Olivia. "Raffi Kalenderian," Artillery, June 26 (Link)
Irvin, Rebecca. "Raffi Kalenderian celebrates life in his exuberant, colourful, painted portraits," It’s Nice That, June 7 (Link)
McNay, Anna. "Raffi Kalenderian – interview: ‘It’s like banging your head against a brick wall, but if you get through to the other side it feels so good’," Studio International, June 4 (Link)
2018
Nash, David. "Kendall Wilkinson Outfits the $15.5 Million Penthouse at San Francisco’s 181 Fremont," Architectural Digest, October 30 (Link)
2017
Mahony, Anna, “Must-See Art Guide: Zurich,” artnet news (web), December 14 (Link)
Black, Ezrha Jean, “Best in Show 2016,” Artillery, January/February (Link)
2016
Seed, John, “Raffi Kalenderian: ‘For the Dead,’ at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects,” Huffington Post, August 23 (Link)
Wagley, Catherine, “5 Free Art Shows to See in LA This Week,” LA Weekly (web), July 27
2015
Seed, John, “Collecting: Robert Shiell,” art ltd., March/April (Link)
2014
Shaw, Michael. "Raffi Kalenderian," ArtScene, July/August
"15 Young Art Stars to Keep Your Eye On," Complex, September 28
2012
Buckley, Annie, "Review: ‘Raffi Kalenderian: Currents, Undercurrents, and Maneuvers,’ " Art in America, April 2012
Raffi Kalenderian, Modern Painters, New York, April
2011
Latimer, Quinn. "The Nose of Michelangelo," Frieze, March, p. 142
2010
Raffi Kalenderian, Brand New Gallery, Milan, ex. cat.
So kommen Sie gut durch 2011, Art Basel Miami Beach, Eva Karcher, Sddeutsche Zeitung, Wochenende, Munich, No. 303, Dec. 31, p. 5
Raffi Kalenderian, Kunst 10 Zrich, Zurich, Nov. 11 14, pp. 84 85 cat.
Eine kleine Dsternis ist immer da, Ruth Hndler, Capital, Hamburg, No. 9, p. 135
Portraits de Collectionneurs, Tindaro Gagliano, Muro Gallery, Chtelaine, ex.cat.
Meier, Philipp. "Monumentalitt und Zuversicht," NZZ, Zurich, Oct. 16, p. 57
2009
Raffi Kalenderian, Frieze Yearbook, London, England
Meltzer, Burkhard. "Raffi Kalenderian," Frieze, March
2008
Reddeker, Lioba. "L.A. Potential: HangArt 7," Basis Wien, Austria
Kugelman, Kerry. "Raffi Kalenderian at Black Dragon Society," Art Ltd., May
Truong, Hong-An. "A Look at Raffi Kalenederian," Artslant, March
Harvey, Doug. "Some Paintings," LA Weekly, January

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2010
Portraits de Collectionneurs, text by Tindaro Gagliano. Muro Gallery, Châtelaine, Switzerland
Raffi Kalenderian: Memoranda, text by Doug Harvey, Nieves Books, Zurich (monograph)

Public Collections

Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

Nick Aguayo

1984
Born in Palm Springs, California
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
2012
MFA, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
2007
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Exhibitions

2026
"Nick Aguayo," Miles McEnery, New York, NY
2025
"Until Next Time!," Blue Door Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"A to L and Back Again: Nick Aguayo & Dan Levenson," Oolong Gallery, San Diego, CA
2024-2025
"All Bangers All The Time," Miles McEnery, New York, NY
2024
"Erasing A Flower," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023
“Some Trees,” The Floating Gallery, Auto Brake Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Nick Aguayo," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
"The Trial," Good Naked Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
"Art at Tamarisk," Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage, CA
Group Show, Blue Door Gallery, Guerneville, CA
2021
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Via Cafe," Tif Sigfrids, Comer, GA
2020
"poem from home," curated by Rema Gholum, online
"LA In Bloom: Seven Approaches to Abstraction," curated by Maryam Parsi, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA
"The Vista: Abstract Painting," Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
"Glyph," Unpaved Gallery, Yucca Valley, CA, Curated by Ryan Schneider
2019
"Wake the Town and Tell the People," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
“Synthesis: Some Abstraction in Los Angeles,” Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
"Works on Paper," The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
2017
“Crystal Flowers,” Index, Los Angeles, CA
“Wrong II,” PØST, Los Angeles, CA
“Vantage,” Finishing Concepts, Los Angeles, CA
“Objective / Non Objective,” Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
2016
"Be With Me, a Small Exhibition of Large Paintings,” New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2015
"Black / White," curated by Brian Alfred, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2014
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2013
"Black Rabbit, White Hole," Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Paradox Maintenance Technicians," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012
UC Irvine Graduate Exhibition, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
"A Romantic Measure," Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
UC Irvine Thesis Exhibition, Irvine, CA
"Traumatic Materiality," Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"My head is falling out, so Im standing on my stomach," Artist Curated Projects, The Armory Center for The Arts, Pasadena, CA
"Ne Me Quitte Pas," University Art Gallery, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
2010
"Action (Un)Packed: Abstraction After Action," Commonspace, Los Angeles, CA
"GLAMFA," California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
"Workspace Selects," House on Genesee, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
"No Art Today," INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Nick Aguayo Painting Exhibition," UCLA Undergraduate Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hillel Juried Exhibition, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Senior Show, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

2025
"April 24 issue: RSF local and regional events," San Diego Union Tribune, April 23
Kim, Sarah. "Art Talks Series Returns to Brand Library with LA Artists Sharing Creative Insights," Hoodline, February 14
2022
Aguyao, Nick. "Why This Art: ‘Montauk Highway’," Alta, June 29 (Link)
2019
Akers Point-Dexter, Kathryn. "Nick Aguayo at Vielmetter Los Angeles," Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, October 2 (Link)
Heitzman, Lorraine. "Vielmetter and Nicodim: 1700 South Santa Fe – Art Gains a Foothold," Art and Cake, September 23 (Link)
Drambot, Shana Nys. "Art Guide: Saturday, September 7th in Downtown," LA Weekly, September 4 (Link)
2017
Adams, Lisa. "Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2016: Through the Eyes of a Painter," January 29
2016
Jadrnak, Jackie. "Enchanting art," Journal North, October 21
Jansen, Char. "Artists’ Desks," Artslant, January 27
"The City of Angels in A Starring Role," Art Auction, January
2014
King, Jennifer. "Nick Aguayo at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," Artforum, October (Link)

Exhibition Catalogues and Publications

2023
Aguayo, Nick. "Quarantine Drawings," La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2014
Emerging Artist Grant, Rema Hort Foundation, New York, NY
2009-2012
Fees Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
2007
Edward J. and Alice Mae Smith Award, UCLA Department of Art

Public Collections

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA

Kiriakos Tompolidis

1997
Born in Essen, Germany
Currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany
2024
Diploma in Fine Arts at the University of Arts, Berlin, Germany
2018
Freie Universität Berlin and University of Arts, Berlin, Germany
2016
University Duisburg-Essen Germany, Essen Folkwang, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026
Solo, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany (forthcoming)
2025
"Your Tears Will Dry," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2024
"Kiriakos Tompolidis: The More It Hurts, the Less It Shows," Galerie Judin, Berlin, Germany
2023
"Kiriakos Tompolidis: God Loves You (But Not as Much to Save You)," Labor, Mexico City, Mexico
"Kiriakos Tompolidis: Don’t Forget to Live," Miettinen Collection, Berlin, Germany
"Kiriakos Tompolidis: I know that I know Nothing," The Cabin, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
"Icons, Archetypes, and Portraits," North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
"14th Taipei Biennial: Whispers on the Horizon," Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
2024
"GEGEN DEN STRICH," Schloss Sacrow, Potsdam, Germany
"New Works by Lavaughan Jenkins, Mario Joyce, Raffi Kalenderian, Kiriakos Tompolidis," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Group Show, Green Family Foundation, Dallas, TX
"We Are A Way For The Cosmos To Know Itself," Bode Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"SIRANI," Gallery Judin, Berlin, Germany
2022
"Garten of Performance," Fünfter Löffel, Berlin, Germany
2021
"Ein Sommer in Neukladow," curated by Miriam-Esther Owesle, Ghotische Haus, Germany
2020
"Die letzte Blaue," benzinLAB, Germany
2019
"Kunstspur Essen," Open Studios, Essen, Germany
C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr Innovative Art, Essen, Germany

Bibliography

2025
Rathe, Adam. "Is Wallpaper the Art World’s Next Big Thing?," Town and Country Magazine, July 28 (Link)
Porterfield, Carlie. "Independent art fair adjusts as market slows," The Art Newspaper, May 9 (Link)
2023
Plotnikova, Valentina. "In Conversation With Kiriakos Tompolidis | Episode 24," Bode Gallery (Link)
Labor Staff. "KIRIAKOS TOMPOLIDIS: GOD LOVES YOU (BUT NOT AS MUCH TO SAVE YOU)," Onda MX, October
Mutual Art Staff. "Kiriakos Tompolidis: Don’t Forget to Live," MutualArt, September 02
Werther, Wilhelm. "Kiriakos Tompolidis," Woz Die Wochenzeitung, May
Sutton, Benjamin. "’Just relax. You don’t have to have everything’: Danny First shares advice for new collectors and his fantasy of sitting for Lucian Freud," The Art Newspaper, February 16

Public Collections

North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

Arlene Shechet

1951
Born in New York, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY
M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
B.A. New York University, New York NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024
"Arlene Shechet: Beyond Belief," Pace Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
"Arlene Shechet: Girl Group," Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY
2023
"Frieze Masters, Solo Presentation" Frieze London, Pace Gallery, London, UK
"Rising Sun," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
"Next Sentence," Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2022
"Best Picture," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Moon in the Morning," Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, HK
"Couple of," T Space, Rhinebeck, NY
2022-2025
"Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums," Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
2021
"Together: Pacific Time," Pace Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
"Making Knowing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection," The Drawing Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
2021-2023
"Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition," The Helis Foundation, New Orleans, LA
2020
"Together," Pace Gallery, East Hampton, NY
"Arlene Shechet: Skirts," Pace, New York, NY (catalogue)
2019
"Arlene Shechet: Sculpture," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2018-2019
“Full Steam Ahead,” Madison Square Park Conservancy, New York, NY (Link)
2018
“More Than I Know,” curated by Karin Campbell, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (Link)
"Arlene Shechet: Some Truths," Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
2017
”In the Meantime,” Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL (catalogue)
2016
"From Here on Now," Phillips Collection, Washington DC. (catalogue)
"Turn Up the Bass," Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York, NY
"Still Standing," Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
"Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection," The Frick Collection, New York, NY
"Urgent Matter," Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2015
"All At Once," ICA Boston, Boston, MA (catalogue)
"Blockbuster," Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
"SUM," Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
2014
"Meissen Recast," RISD Museum, Providence, RI (catalogue)
2013
"Slip," Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2012
"Breaking the Mold," Nature Morte Berlin, Germany
"That Time," Anderson Gallery, VCUarts, Richmond, VA; travelled to Weathersppon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
"Parallel Play," Dieu Donne, New York, NY
2011
"The Thick of It," James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010
"The Sound of It," Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2009
"Blow by Blow," curated by Ian Berry, F. Y. Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
"Here and There," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, CO
2008
"Now & Away," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007
"New Work," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2006
"Thin Air," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
"Round and Round," Hemphill, Washington, D.C. 2004
2004
"Deep Blooze Series," Hemphill, Washington, D.C.
"Out of the Blue," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
"Turning the Wheel," commissioned installation, "The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art," Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
"Arlene Shechet and Stephen Mueller," Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY
"Building," curated by Elizabeth Brown, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2002
"Flowers Found," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2001
"Puja," A/D Gallery, New York, NY
2000
"Arlene Shechet," Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal, Canada
1999
"Mirror Mirror," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1998
"Once Removed," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997
"Sculpture and Drawing," Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
"Sculpture and Works of Paper," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
"Arlene Shechet," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995
"Arlene Shechet," Boulder Museum of Fine Arts, Boulder, CO

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
"The Journey Continues," Wisch Family Gallery, Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
"The Vessel Revisited: Fundamental Forms in Contemporary Ceramics," Torggler Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
2023
"Drawing as Practice," National Academy of Design, Chelsea, NY
2022-2023
"Drawings by Sculptors,” Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
"Put It This Way: (Re)Visions Of The Hirshorn Collection," Hishhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
2022
"Singing in Unison: Artists Need to Create On the Same Scale That Society Has the Capacity to Destroy," Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
"Informal Get Together: Keltie Ferris, Joanne Greenbaum, Arlene Shechet, Jessica Stockholder," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
"STUFF," Organized by Arlene Shechet, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
"Old and New Dreams: Recent Acquisitions in a Collection," MoCA Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
"Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
2021
"Knowledge of the Past is the Key to the Future," The Metropolitain Museum of Art, New York, NY
"Les Flammes," Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, France
"SHOW 4," Arfield, Kingston, NY (Link)
2020
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Art Omi: The Fields Sculpture Park," Art Omi, Ghent, NY
"Abortion is Normal," Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY
"At the Noyes House: Blum & Poe," Mendes Wood DM, and Object & Thing Eliot Noyes House, CT
"Celebrating Women Artists from the Phillips Collection: Anonymous Was a Woman" Awardees, Digital Presentation, Philips Collection, DC
"100 Drawings from Now," The Drawing Center, New York City, NY
2019-2020
"Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2019
"Art Omi: The Fields Sculpture Park," Art Omi, Ghent, NY
"With a Capital P: Selections by Six Painters," Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
"Sculpture Milwaukee," Milwaukee, WI
"The World According to," Pace Gallery, New York, NY
"Listening Closely," Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
"2018 Survey of Dieu Donné Art in Paper: Selections from the Archive," Dieu Donné, New York, NY
2018-2019
"On Edge," The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (Link)
2018
"Class Reunion: Works from the Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection," mumok (museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien), Vienna, Austria
"Scenes from the Collection," The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
“Out of Control,” curated by Peter & Sally Saul, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY (Link)
"The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects," The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
"Paper/Print: American Hand Papermaking, 1960s to Today," International Print Center, New York, NY.
“Molding/Mark-Making: Ceramic Artists and Their Drawings,” curated by Margaret Matthews-Berenson and Allison Peller, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY (Link)
"Taurus and the Awakener," David Kordansky, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
"By Fire, Ceramic Works," Almine Rech Gallery, New York, NY
“Travel Light,” The Jewish Museum, New York, NY (Link)
2017
Sculpture Park, Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, India (Link)
“Regarding George Ohr: Contemporary Ceramics in the Spirit of the Mad Potter,” curated by Garth Clark, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (Link)
"Small Sculpture," Corbett vs Demspey, Chicago, IL
"Something Living," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
“Mutual Admiration Society,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"A Dazzling Decade," Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
"I Go, You Go, Good to Go," Unclebrother/Gavin Brown, Hancock, NY
"Nagy/Libby/Le Va," Magenta Plains, NY
“Gray Matters,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
”Bodies of work,” curated by Molly Donovan, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
”99 cents or Less,” curated by Jens Hoffmann, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
“Grisaille,” curated by Michael Goodson, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
”Would you Rather…,” curated by Michael Smoler, BBQ LA, Los Angeles, CA
"The Tyranny of Common Sense Has Reached Its Final Stage," The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University School of the Arts, NY
“The State of New York Painting,” curated by Michael Walls, CUNY Kingsborough Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Vitreous Bodies: Assembed Visions in Glass,” curated by Lisa Tung, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, MA
2016
"Infinite Blue," Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
"5 Years at Heddon Street," Pippy Houldswroth Gallery, London, UK
"No Rules, No Rules," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
"As if in a foreign country," Rosemarie Schwarzwälder Gallery, Vienna, Austria
"Pioneer Lust," Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
"A Whisper of Where it Came From," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
"Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donne 2000-Present," Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; travelled to Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA; Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
"Strange Abstraction," Fredericks & Freiser, NYC
2015
"Marks Made: Prints by American Women Artists from the Early 1960s-Present," Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
"CERAMIX: Art and Ceramics from Rodin to Schutte," Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; travelled to La Maison Rouge, Paris, and Cite de la Ceramique, Sevres, France (2016)
"Bottoms Up: A sculpture Survey," University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
"Other Planes of There," Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL
"rock hound swap meet," organized by Randy Wray, Junior Projects, New York, NY
"Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms," curated by Andria Hickey, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, NY
"Le Musée Imaginaire," curated by Patrick Letovsky, Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France
"Le Souffler: Schürmann meets Ludwig," Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
"Taking Form: Quality in Clay," James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Hard and Soft," ACME., Los Angeles, CA
2014
"Kiln," curated by Tiffany Zabludowicz, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
"The Botanica," presented by AA Bronson & Michael Bühler-Rose, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY
"Now-ism: Abstraction Today," Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
"Speaking through Paint: Hans Hofmann’s Legacy Today," curated by Stacey Gershon and Deborah Goodman Davis, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
2013
"Drifter," curated by David Rhodes, Hionas gallery, New York, NY
"Jew York," Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
"Room for Myth," Dodge Gallery, New York, NY
"Ceramics," Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, IL
"Tony Feher, Arturo Herrera, Arlene Shechet, and Kay Rosen," Sikkema Jenkins, New York, NY
"East," Kunstsaele Berlin, Germany
"Modern Times," Lesley Heller, New York, NY
"Le Beau Danger," Sassa Truelzsch Galerie, Berlin, Germany
"Fictitious Truths," curated by Kara Rooney, Rooster Gallery, New York, NY
"Peekskill Project V: The New Hudson River School," HVCCA, Peekskill, NY
"Walled Gardens," Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
"Makeup on Empty Space," Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
"Economy of Means: Towards Humility in Contemporary Sculpture," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
"The Annual," National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2011
"Textility," curated by Mary Birmingham, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
"Free From Order: A Delight of Inconsistencies, Amy Gatrell, Cordy Ryman, and Arlene Shechet," curated by Barry Rosenberg, UCONN Contemporary Art Galleries, CT
"Contemporary Clay," RH Gallery
"Paul Clay," Salon 94, Nwe York, NY
"Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards," Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"Invitational Exhibition of Visual Artists," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"January White Sale," curated by Beth Rudin de Woody, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
2010
"12 Material/Immaterial," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"XXIst International Ceramic Biennial (BICC)," Vallauris, France
2009
"Dirt On Delight," ICA, curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter, Philadelphia, PA; travelled to the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
"Feelers," three-person exhibition with Sarah Massecar, Sandra Meigs, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, Canada
"The Dark Fair—Aquarium Project," curated by Scott Reeder, Cologne Art Fair, Germany
"New Works/Old Story," Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
"Seriously Funny," curated by Cassandra Coblentz and Claire Carter, Scottsdale Museum, AZ
"New Now," Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
2008
"True Grit, Frames, Fixations, Flirtations," curated by M. Leach, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC "Building/Beijing," US Embassy, Beijing
"Neti Neti (not this not this)," curated by Peter Nagy, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, NY
"Grey," Dinter Fine Art, New York, N
"Present Tense," Spanierman Modern Gallery, New York, NY
2007
"Shattering Glass," curated Neil Watson and Ellen Keiter, Katonah Museum, NY
"Written on the Wind: The Flag Project," Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
"In the Way Outdoor Installation," Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, NY
2006
"The Bong Show or This Is Not a Pipe," Leslie Tonkonow, New York, NY
"The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," Fowler Museum, UCLA, CA
2005
"Faith," curated by James Hyde, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
"Glass, Seriously," curated by Lilly Wei, Dorsky Curatorial Program, Long Island City, NY
"Seven Artists," American Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam, curated by Virginia Shore, State Department, Wash. D.C.
"Somewhere Outside It," curated by Janet Phelps, Schroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Monochrome Image," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
"Riverhouse Editions: Master Prints by 44 Artists," University of Denver, Denver, CO
2004
"Sidewalk Installation," Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
"Bottle: Contemporary Art and Vernacular Tradition," curated by Richard Klein, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
"The Buddha Project," Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
"The Big Nothing," curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Bennett Simpson, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2003
"Some Sculptures," Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
"According with Nadelman: Contemporary Affinities," curated by Cynthia Nadelman, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
"Mystic," curated by Jeffrey Keough, Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA
"Water Mark / Inside," curated by Patricia Phillips, E.H. Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
"Water, Water," curated by Lilly Wei, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Vessels," curated by Joe Fyfe, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2002
"Line and Landscape," Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
"Paper Remix: Dieu Donné Work Space Program, 1995-2000," curated by Edwin Ramoran, Dieu Donne Papermill, NY
"Curious Terrain," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2001
"Ganesh," Rene Blouin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
"Rags to Riches: 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donné Papermill," curated by Donna Stein Kresge, Art Museum, Mich. State University
"Digital Printmaking Now," Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
"A Threshold of Spirit," curated by Peter Nagy, Crossing Paths: an Installation in the Baptistry, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY
2000
"Mysticism and Desire," curated by Pat Hamilton, Los Angeles, CA
"The Living End," curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
"Religion: Contemporary Interpretations by Women," The Art Gallery, U. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
"Rapture," Bakalar and Huntington Galleries, Mass Art, Boston, MA
1999
"Crafted Shows," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
"Om," curated by Joe Fyfe, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY
"Loaf," curated by Steve Dibenedetto, Baumgartner Galleries Inc., New York, NY
"Women in Print," Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
1998
"In the Details," curated by Kiki Smith, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
"Recent Aquisitions," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2024
"Arlene Shechet: Girl Group," Text by Kate Nesin, Anne Reeve, and Sheena Wagstaff. Published in conjunction with Storm King Art Center and Gregory R. Miller & Co., New York, NY 2024
2022
"Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Kack Shear Drawing Collection," (exhibition catalogue) Text by Claire Gilman, Jack Shear, Arlene Shechet and Jarrett Earnest.The Drawing Center, Shapco Printing, Minneapolis, MN, 2022
2020
"Arlene Shechet: SKIRTS," Texts by Rachel Silveri, Deborah Solomon, Michaëla Mohrmann, PACE Publishing, NY, 2020
2018
Shechet, Arlene and Alexandra Schwartz. "Vivian Springford," Alime Rech Gallery Editions: Paris (Link)
2017
Arlene Shechet: From Here On Now (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Dorothy Kosinski, Klaus Ottmann, and Chris Sharp. Washington, D.C.: Phillips Collection, 2017
Arlene Shechet: In the Meantime (exhibition catalogue). Text by John Corbett. Chicago: Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2017
The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art. London and New York: Phaidon Press Limited; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017
Gray Matters (exhibition catalogue). Columbus, Ohio: Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, 2017
“Arlene Shechet.” In Vitamin C: Clay + Ceramic in Contemporary Art. New York and London: Phaidon, 2017: 268–271, Illustrated
2016
Auther, Elissa. “Dump and Death.” In Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years (exhibition catalogue). London and New York: Black Dog Publishing Limited; Museum of Arts and Design, 2016: 97–109, Illustrated
Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection (exhibition catalogue). Conversation with Charlotte Vignon, Arlene Shechet, and Henry Arnhold. New York: The Frick Collection, 2016
Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artist Working in Paper at Dieu Donné (exhibition catalogue). Clinton, New York and Munich: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College; DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016
Shechet, Arlene. “Alive and Well.” In Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago. Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2016: 83–85, illustrated
Shechet, Arlene and Mary Heilmann. “Remembering Voulkos.” In Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years (exhibition catalogue). London and New York: Black Dog Publishing Limited; Museum of Arts and Design, 2016: 89–93
2015
Arlene Shechet: All at Once (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Jenelle Porter, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Debra Bricker Balken, Meredith Martin, and interview with the artist by Janine Antoni. Boston and Munich: Institute of Contemporary Art; DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2015
Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast. Texts by Dominic Molon, Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, Elizabeth A. Williams, and interview with Judith Tannenbaum. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co, 2015
Bottoms Up: A Sculpture Survey (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Stuard Horodner and Janie Welker. Lexington: University of Kentucky Art Museum, 2015.
2014
Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast (exhibition catalogue). Interview with the artist by Judith Tannenbaum. Providence: RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, 2014
Now-ism: Abstraction Today (exhibition catalogue). Texts by David Pagel and Greer Pagano. Columbus, Ohio: Pizzuti Collection, 2014
2010
Arlene Shechet: Blow by Blow (exhibition catalogue). Interview by Ian Berry. Saratoga Springs, New York: The Frances Youg Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, 2010
Arlene Shechet: The Sound of It (exhibition catalogue). New York: Jack Shainman Gallery, 2010
2009
Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
2007
Arlene Shechet: New Work (exhibition catalogue). Text by Peter Nagy. New York: Elizabeth Harris Gallery, 2007
The Flag Project: Contemporary Artists Celebrate the Opening of a New Museum. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2007: 135, Illustrated
Shattering Glass: New Perspectives (exhibition catalogue). Text by Tina Oldknow. Katonah, New York: Katonah Museum of Art, 2007

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2025
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2024
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2023
Laster, Paul. "Celebrating 20 Years of Frieze London with 20 Frieze London and Frieze Masters Picks," WhiteHot Magazine, October 17 (Link)
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2022
Pardee, Hearne. "Arlene Shechet: Couple of," The Brooklyn Rail, September 9 (Link)
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2021
Helfand, Glen “Glen Helfand on Arlene Shechet” Square Cyliner, March 24
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2020
Gotham Editors. "17 Artists Who Persevered in 2020," Gotham, December 2 (Link)
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Urist, Jacoba. "Objects in Motion: in the studio with Arlene Shechet," Cultured, April 5 (Link)
Rachel Silveri, Deborah Solomon, Michaëla Mohrmann. “Arlene Shechet: Skirts”, Pace Gallery, 2020. Monograph. Michaelyn Mitchell, Ian Wardropper, Adam Gopnik, “The Sleeve Should Be Illegal & Other Reflections on Art at the Frick”, The Frick Collection in association with DelMonico Books, 2020. Contributing text.
Rhodes, David. "Arlene Shechet: Skirts," The Brooklyn Rail, April
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"These Playful Sculptures Pay Homage to the Tragic Laughs of Physical Comedy," Elephant, March 2 (Link)
Yerebakan, Osman Can. "For Artist Arlene Shechet, Architecture’s Dynamic Textures Serve as Inspiration," Architectural Digest, March 4 (Link)
Tauer, Kristin. "Artist Arlene Shechet Wants to Move You," WWD, March 4 (Link)
“Arlene Shechet brings nature into the gallery arena at Pace New York.” Wallpaper*, February 28
Hambleton, Merrell. “Arlene Shechet Creates Beauty Out of Chaos.” The New York Times, February 27
2019
Heitzman, Lorraine. "The Quirky Harmony of Arlene Shechet’s Sculpture," Art and Cake, May 20 (Link)
Reizman, Renée. “Arlene Shechet’s Gestures and Jesters.” NAD Now, May 1
Ollman, Leah. "Arlene Shechet’s new sculptures are weirdly engrossing and crazy fresh," Los Angeles Times, April 29 (Link)
Sherman, Howard. “Stealth performances, like Fiona Shaw in a park, have a profound effect on theatre.” The Stage, April 19
Belcove, Julie. "These Trailblazing Female Artists Are Finally Getting the Recognition they Deserve," Robb Report, April 11 (Link)
Kalb, Jonathan. "Fiona Shaw Performs "The Waste Land" in Madison Square Park," TheaterMatters, April 11 (Link)
Small, Zachary. "Fiona Shaw Will Perform T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land in Madison Square Park," Hyperallergic, April 11 (Link)
Barron, James. "Bringing Liberty’s Torch to Manhattan (Icy Weather Permitting)," New York Times, February 3 (Link)
2018
Solomon, Deborah. "Review: Arlene Shechet Goes Public," WNYC, December 21 (Link)
Cascone, Sarah. "How a Residency at a Toilet and Sink Factory Inspired Arlene Shechet’s New Public Art Project at Madison Square Park," artnet, December 20 (Link)
Small, Zachary. "Arlene Shechet Smuggles Politics into Madison Square Park," Hyperallergic, November 20 (Link)
"NYC restaurant serves guests wooden boxes for stowing away their phonesNYC restaurant serves guests wooden boxes for stowing away their phones," CTV News, October 30 (Link)
Carlson, Jen. "Video: Dianne Wiest Is Buried In Scorched Earth & Performing Samuel Beckett In This NYC Park," Gothamist, October 24 (Link)
"VIDEO: Dianne Wiest Totally Rocks Beckett in Madison Square Park!" Broadway World, October 24 (Link)
Feldman, Adam. "Dianne Wiest is doing Beckett in a park this week, for free, dressed as a rock, Time Out, October 24 (Link)
Libbey, Peter. "Dianne Wiest Is a Boulder, but Not for Halloween," New York Times, October 24 (Link)
"Dianne Wiest To Perform Beckett Next Week At Madison Square Park," Broadway World, October 17 (Link)
"‘Every Single Second it Changes’: Watch Sculptor Arlene Shechet Harness the Protean Power of Plaster," Artnet News, October 5 (Link)
Tilley, John Martin. “Full Steam Ahead.” Office Magazine, Oct 1
Cascone, Sarah, "Editors’ Picks: 12 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week," Artnet News (web), September 25 (Link)
Loos, Ted, "Porcelain Finds Its Outside Voice," New York Times (web), September 23 (Link)
"Morning Links: Sword Wound Edition," Art News, September 24 (Link)
"Photographer outs herself as anonymous donor of millions to female artists," CBS This Morning (web), August 23 (Link)
“’A Beautiful Land of Extremes’: See New York through the Eyes of 6 Visionary Locals.” CNN Style, June 28 (Link)
Wong, Alex, "Reflecting pond in Madison Square Park will be transformed by public installation," The Architect’s Newspaper (web), June 1 (Link)
Farber, Janet L., "’More Than I Know’ Shechet’s abstract sculpture at Joslyn eludes easy classification for all," The Omaha Reader (web), May 27 (Link)
Sholis, Brian. “Critics’ Picks: Judy Linn” (CUE Art Foundation exhibition review). Artforum, May 10
Bui, Phong, "Arlene Shechet: Some Truths," The Brooklyn Rail (web), May 1 (Link)
Brawarsky, Sandee, “Claudia Gould’s Aesthetic High-Wire Act,” The Jewish Week Media Group,” March 7 (Link)
Greenberger, Alex, "Arlene Shechet Joins Pace Gallery," ArtNews, March 6 (Link)
2017
“The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, Phaidon
Lilley, Clare, “Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art,” Phaiden
Zappas, Lindsay Preston, ”Mutual Admiration Society at Susanne Vielmetter,” Contemporary Art Review LA (web), August 11
Sharp, Sarah Rose, “Artists Embrace the Grayscale,” Hyperallergic (web), July 20
Thorn, Bruce. “Arlene Shechet: In the Meantime at Corbett vs. Dempsey,” New Art Examiner, July
Gilson, Nancy, “‘Gray Matters’ exhibit features female works of grisaille,” The Columbus Dispatch (web), June 26
Zappas, Lindsay Preston. “Would you rather…,” ArtReview, May
Crain, Jonathan. “Fired Up,” The Window, Barneys New York, Spring
Almino, Leticia Wouk. “The Transporting, Tactile Pleasures of Porcelain,” Hyperallergic.com, February 21
McQuaid, Cate. “Glassy-eyed, in a very good way, at MassArt,” The Boston Globe, February 2
Jenkins, Mark, “For artist Arlene Shechet, the Phillips is full of inspiration,” The Washington Post (web), January 18
2016
Sutton, Benjamin. “Best of 2016: Our Top NYC Art Shows, Arlene Shechet: Turn Up the Bass, Sikkema Jenkins & Co.” Hyperallergic.com, December 27
Frankel, David. “Arlene Shechet, The Frick Collection.” Artforum, Nov 2016
Martin, Allison. “Arlene Shechet: Turn Up the Bass as Sikkema Jenkins & Co.” artefuse.com, November
Murtha, Chris. “Critic’s Pick Arlene Shechet.” artforum.com, October 28
Heinrich, Will. “Arlene Shechet: Turn Up the Bass.” The New York Times, October 20
Auther, Elissa. “Dump and Death,” in Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years (London: Black Dog Publishing, Limited, 2016, 95-109
Scherer, Barrymore Laurence, “Of Meissen men…and women at the Frick,” Antiques, July/August
Scott, Andrea K, “Earth Angel,” New Yorker (web), June 27
Vereshaka, Kati. “A Passion for Porcelain,” Epoch Times (web), June 24
Rapaport, Brooke Kamin, “Body-To-Body Experience,” Sculpture Magazine, June, pg. 30-35.
McTwigan, Michael. “Curiouser and curiouser,” Ceramic Review, May/June
Camhi, Leslie. “Porcelain Comes to Life at Sculptor Arlene Shechet’s New Exhibition at The Frick Collection,” Vogue May 26
Dailey, Meghan. “Contemporary Ceramics, Up Against 18th Century Pieces – Literally,” New York Times, May 24
Greenberger, Alex, “Carmen Herrera, Rosalind Krauss, Arlene Shechet Among Winners of 2016 CAA Awards,” Artnews, January 4
2015
“Arlene Shechet on a bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Artist Project Season 4, Dec. 7.
Behrendt, Sascha. “Unruly Grace: Arlene Shechet in Boston,” ArtCritical.com, Sept. 8.
Bui, Phong. “Arlene Shechet with Phong Bui,” BrooklynRail.org, Sept. 8.
Kapplow, Heather. “Arlene Shechet’s Unified Theory of Ceramics,” Hyperallergic.com, Sept. 2.
Walsh, Peter. “Arlene Shechet – Restoring the Wonder of Fine Ceramics,” ArtFuse.com, Aug. 4. Saccoccia, Susan. “ICA exhibit piques viewers’ imaginations,” BayStateBanner.com, July 24.
Green, Tyler. Interview with Arlene Shechet on the Modern Art Notes Podcast, MANPodcast.com, July 22.
Carlson, Eryn. “’Arlene Shechet: All at Once,’ by Jenelle Porter,” BostonGlobe.com, July 21.
Cotter, Holland. “Arlene Shechet Has a First Museum Retrospective in Boston,” NYTimes.com, July 17.
Greenberger, Alex. “’To Know More Strangely, Adds Mystery’: Arlene Shechet on her elusive ceramics and her ICA Boston
show,” ArtNews.com, July 14.
Belcove, Julie L. “Material Matters,” 1stDibs.com, July 6.
Bergeron, Chris. “At Boston’s ICA, sculptor Arlene Shechet challenges convention,” ProvidenceJournal.com, June 25.
Smee, Sebastian. “Sculptor Arlene Shechet evokes inner life in new ICA exhibition,” BostonGlobe.com, June 18.
Sheets, Hilarie M. “As the Art World Swoon over Playful Ceramics, Arlene Shechet Hits Her Stride,” Artsy.net, June 9.
“Arlene Shechet, The story behind an artwork, in the artist’s own words,” Blouinartinfo.com/Modern Painters, June.
Grabner, Michelle. “Previews: Arlene Shechet; All at Once,” Artforum, May, Pg. 186.
“Spotlight: Arlene Shechet; All at Once,” Harvard Magazine, May – June, Pg. 16F
Porter, Jenelle. Arlene Shechet: All at Once. London: Prestel, 2015.
Tuttle, Kate. “35 must-see spring and summer arts events in New England,” Bostonglobe.com, Mar. 27.
Dobrzynski, Judith H. “Spring Museum Exhibitions, From Masks to Renoirs,” New York Times, Mar. 19, F18.
Ollman, Leah. “In ‘Hard and Soft,’ four sculptors explore contradictions in clay,” LATimes.com, Mar. 12.
“New Acquisitions,” American Ceramic Circle Spring 2015 Newsletter
2014
“Art in the Twenty First Century: Secrets,” featuring Arlene Shechet, Elliot Huntley and Trevor Paglen. ART21 Season 7, PBS, Oct. 31.
Woodward, Daisy. “Arlene Shechet: Ceramic meets paper,” AnOthermag.com, May 13.
Apperley, Bree. “Eye Candy: Arlene Shechet,” siteunseen.com, Apr. 29.
Ventura, Anya. “Review: Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast,” BigRedandShiny.com, Apr. 2.
Cassidy-Geiger, Maureen. “A Bull in a China Shop: Reimagined Porcelain at the RISD Museum,” Departures.com, Mar. 20.
Hamer, Katy Diamond. “Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast, RISD Museum,” FlashArtOnline.com, Mar. 4.
d’Annunzio, Grazia. “Gioco di Specchia,” Architectural Digest Online/ADtoday.it, Feb. 18.
Walsh, Brienne, “The Alchemist: Arlene Shechet Converts ‘White Gold’ into Artworks,” ArtinAmerica.com, Jan. 27.
Gissler, Glenn. “‘Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast’ at the RISD Museum,” glenngissler.com, Jan. 22
Solondz, Simone. “Shechet’s Shenanigans at the RISD Museum,” RISDxyz, Jan. 21.
van Siclen, Bill. “Warhol exhibit at RISD Museum highlights the icon’s photographs,” Providence Journal, Jan. 26.
“Breaking the Mold,” Elle Decor, Jan/Feb.
Shechet, Arlene. “500 Words,” Artforum.com, Jan. 15.
Wei, Lilly. “Claytime! Ceramics Finds Its Place in the Art-World Mainstream,” ARTnews, Jan
2013
Micchelli, Thomas. “The Pursuit of Art, 2013,” Hyperallergic, Dec. 28
Smith, Roberta. “Arlene Shechet: Slip,” New York Times, Nov. 7
“Goings On About Town: Art,” New Yorker, Nov. 4, 2013.
Micchelli, Thomas. “Parallel Strains: Arlene Shechet’s Ceramic Abstractions,” Hyperallergic, Oct. 19
Abel, Ruthie. “Crafting Slip: In the Studio With Arlene Shechet,” Huffington Post, Oct. 15.
Saltz, Jerry. “Jerry Saltz’s Five Most Anticipated,” New York Magazine, Sept. 2-9.
Gopnik, Blake. “Precious Porcelain Turned Inside Out,” The Daily Beast, Jun 18.
Ryan, Paul. “Reviews: Arlene Shechet, Anderson Gallery” Sculpture Magazine, June, pg. 73-4. Castro, Jan. “Living in the Present, Arlene Shechet,” Ceramics: Art & Perception, June-Aug. Benschop, Jurriaan, “Berlin: Arlene Shechet, Nature Morte,” Artforum, Feb., Pg. 259
2012
Kley, Elisabeth. “Arlene Shechet: Dieu Donne,” ARTnews, June.
Thorson, Alice. “Nerman exhibits the power of ceramics,” Kansas City Star, June 15.
McLister, Iris. “Critical Reflections: Arlene Shechet The Thick of It,” The: Santa Fe Monthly Magazine, Mar.
“Töpfern ist sexy” art das kunst magazin, Mar., pg. 60.
Ollman, Leah. “Clay keeps breaking the mold,” LA Times, Jan. 29.
Hirsh, Faye. “Buckle and Flow,” Art in America, Jan.: 58-64. (Cover Story)
2011
“The Pin-up Menagerie: A collection of 69 Beautiful Things,” PIN-UP, Fall/Winter 2011/12: 158-165.
Hughes, Hannah. “The Thick of It at James Kelly Contemporary,” Adobe Airstream, Dec. 9.
Wilson-Powell, Malin. “Wonderfully Weird,” The Albuquerque Journal, Dec. 2.
Gopnik, Blake. “A Teapot from Mars?,” thedailybeast.com, July 22.
Smith, Roberta. “Paul Clay, Salon 94 Bowery,” New York Times, June 30.
Yablonsky, Linda. “Artifacts: Feats of Clay,” T Magazine, July 7.
Mueller, Stephen. “Arlene Shechet at Jack Shainman,” Art in America Magazine, Jan.
2010
Saltz, Jerry. “Top Ten of 2010,” New York Magazine, Dec. 13.
Howe, Liz. “Arlene Shechet: Working on the Edge,” Ceramics Monthly, Dec.
artcritical.com. Audio from the Sept. Review Panel: Lance Esplund, Faye Hirsch, Andrea Scott, and David Cohen.
Rooney, Kara. “Arlene Shechet: The Sound of It,” The Brooklyn Rail, November
Saltz, Jerry. “ART: Dishy Ceramics,” New York Magazine, Oct. 3.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Goings on About Town: Art: Arlene Shechet,” New Yorker, Sept. 28.
“Art: Listings”, Time Out
Dickson, Jane. “Arlene Shechet,” bombsite.com. Sept.
Berry, Ian. Arlene Shechet: Blow by Blow. Exhibition catalogue Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College
2009
Schaffner, Ingrid, and Jenelle Porter, "Dirt On Delight: Impulses That Form Clay. Exhibition catalogue. Phila. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania.
Ruth, Tara. “Double or Nothing: Mimicry in Contemporary Art using Handmade Paper.” Hand Papermaking 24
MacMillan, Kyle, “MCA exhibits showcase big names, big ambitions from Big Apple,” Denver Post, Nov. 22.
Regan, Kate, “‘Feelers’ at Susan Hobbs, Toronto,” ARTnews, Nov.: 125.
“feelers: Touching a Nerve, or Three,” Canadian Art, Fall.
Moser, Gabrielle, “Sarah Massecar, Sandra Meigs, Arlene Shechet, feelers,” Esse, Fall, No. 67.
Smith, Roberta, “Why Craft Never Was a Four-Letter Word,” The New York Times, Apr. 18: C5.
Greenbaum, Joanne. “Decorating the Void: On Clay and Dirt on Delight,” The Highlights, June.
Smith, Roberta, “Crucible of Creativity, Stoking Earth Into Art,” The New York Times, Mar. 20: C25, C28.
Gopnik, Blake, “Clay’s Big Day,” The Washington Post, Mar. 1: M6-7.
2008
Pollack, Barbara, “Neti-Neti,” Time Out New York, July 31-Aug. 6: 53.
Saltz, Jerry, “Gray,” Critics’ Pick, NYMag.com, July 23.
De Vegh, Suzanne, “Arlene Shechet, New York,” Art Papers, July/Aug.: 66
Goodman, Jonathan, “New York Reviews,” Sculpture Magazine, July/Aug.:. 77-8.
Hirsch, Faye, “Arlene Shechet at Elizabeth Harris,” Art in America, Feb.
Keiter, Ellen. Shattering Glass: New Perspectives. Exhibition catalogue. Katonah, NY: Katonah Museum
2007
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Really? It’s All Made of Glass?” New York Times, Dec. 30
Smith, Roberta, “Art in Review,” The New York Times, Sept. 14: E41.
Nagy, Peter, “Perfumed Manifestation, the work of Arlene Shechet,” catalogue essay.
Robinson, Walter, “Reviews: Weekend Update” Artnet.com, Sept. 19
Strouse, Allen. “Arlene Shechet’s Military Base.” Artinfo.com, Dec. 11
2006
Mahoney, J. W., “Arlene Shechet at Hemphill,” Art in America, Oct.: 201-2.
Hyde, James, “Faith”, exhibition catalogue, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Ash, Elizabeth, “ART in Embassies in Hanoi,” State MAGAZINE, March
Dung, Dinh, “An American artist talks about her work and Buddhism,” The Saigon Times Daily, Mar. 29: 7.
“US artist Arlene Shechet to exhibit works in Ha Noi,” Vietnam News, Mar. 17: 20
Larson, Kay, “Keeping the Faith,” ARTnews, February
Dawson, Jessica, “Shechet, Sherwood and Bocchino at Hemphill,” The Washington Post, Jan. 7: C5
2005
Morgan, Robert C., “Who takes Glass Seriously,” The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, Fall: 27-33
Phillips, Autumn, "A Buddhist Concept on Paper," The Steamboat Pilot, Aug. 12: Arts FP
Cover Photograph, Tricycle Magazine, Summer: 39.
Mueller, Stephen, "Personal Statements in Just One Color," Gay City, June 23-29, p. 45
Glueck, Grace, "An Object of Practicality, from the Inside and Out,” New York Times, Apr. 1: E34
Klein, Richard, “Bottle: Contemporary Art and Vernacular Tradition,” New York Times, Apr. 1: E34 Wei, Lilly, exhibition essay for “Glass, Seriously,” Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2004
Morgan, Anne Barclay, “The Manifestation of Awareness," Sculpture Magazine, September, pp. 47-51
McElroy, Joseph, “A Poetry of Transience,” Shambala Sun, March, pp. 58-62
Schaffner, Ingrid, catalogue “The Big Nothing,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ.of Penn., Philadelphia, PA
Lipsey, Wei, catalogue essay for “The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art.”
Brentano, Robyn, Olivia Georgia, Roger Lipsey, and Lilly Wei. The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art.
Exhibition catalogue. Staten Island, New York: Snug Harbor Cultural Center
2003
Smith, Kiki, “Artists Choice – Arlene Shechet,” Art on Paper, cover story, Nov/Dec, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 42-45
Pierpont, Margaret, “Natural Mastery,” Natural Health, Oct, p. 160
Harrison, Helen. “Recycling Paper: Not Just Good for the Environment.” New York Times Jan. 5: 9.
Cover photograph, Buddhadharma Magazine, Summer
Keough, Jeffrey. Mystic. Exhibition catalogue. Mass. College of Art, Boston. Essay by David D. Nolta.
Brown, Elizabeth A. Arlene Shechet: Building. Exhibition brochure. Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, U. of Wash.
2002
Cover Photograph, Hand Papermaking, Vol 17, no. 1, Summer
Johnson, Ken, "Arlene Shechet," New York Times, Art Guide. May 3
Elliot, David, “Ganesh. Galerie René Blouin. Montreal,” Canadian Art 19, no. 1, March
Koplos, Janet, "Arlene Shechet at A/D," Art in America, January
2001
Stein, Donna, catalogue essay for “Rags to Riches, 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donne Papermill,” 57-8
“The Artist’s Way,” O Magazine, November
“Cathedral Removes an Artwork,” The New York Times, June 26
“Minister Wants Artwork Revised or Removed,” The New York Times, June 23
Douglas, Sarah, “’Unsuitable’ art removed from cathedral in New York,” The Art Newspaper
2000
Schaffner, Ingrid, catalogue essay for “The Living End,” Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO
Glackstern, J., “Many mysteries suggested at BMOCA’s ‘Living End’”, The Daily Camera, Boulder, CO, Oct. 15
Betts, Kristie, “Artflash, the end is here,” Boulder Weekly, Boulder, CO, September 28
Temin, Christine, “Perspectives: Assorted Artists Capture ‘Rapture’,” Boston Globe February 2
Alvis, Robert E. Rapture, Exhibition catalogue, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1999
Cotter, Holland, “Arlene Shechet,” The New York Times, Art Guide, May 21
Levin, Kim, "Voice Choices," The Village Voice, May 18
Nagy, Peter, catalogue essay for "Mirror Mirror," exhibition at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NYC
Tagore, Sundaram, "Facing East: American Artists’ Encounters with India," Art India Magazine of India, April
Fyfe, Joe, catalogue essay for "Om" exhibition at David Dorsky Gallery
Nadelman, Elie, "Elie Nadelman: The Late Work," New York: Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, essays by Brandt Junceau and Klaus Kertess. Conversation with Arlene Shechet and Kiki Smith
1998
Gockel, Cornelia, "Korper und Ofnungen," Suddeutche Zeitung, July 30
Goldman, Robert, "Artist Diary," Artnet, Jan. 24
Hirsch, Faye, "Working Proof," On Paper Magazine, Vol. 2, January/February

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2023
American Academy of Arts and Letters Member
2021
VIA Art Fund, Artistic Production Grant
2016
CAA Artist Award for Distinguished Body of Work
2011
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Art
American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize
2010
Anonymous Was A Woman Individual Artist Award
Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
USA Artists: Special Projects
2006
US State Department American Artists Abroad, Vietnam
2004
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Visual Artist Fellowship
1999
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
1996
Dieu Donné Papermill, NYC, Artist Work Grant
1993
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
1986
N.E.A. Visual Artist, Artist Fellowship Grant
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant

Public Collections

Albee Foundation, New York, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, OH
Al Shands Collection, Louisville, KY
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada
Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Blanton Museum of Art / UT Austin, Austin, TX
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Candace K. Weir Foundation, New York, NY
The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Deloitte & Touche, San Francisco, CA
Dieu Donné Papermill, NYC
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Goldman Sachs (worldwide)
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Hirshorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Lumber Room, Portland, OR
Martin Margulies Collection, Coconut Grove, FL
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Minnesota Museum of Art, St Paul, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Mordes Collection, Palm Beach, FL
Musuem of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
North Shore Hospital, Long Island, NY
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
New York City Public Library, Drawing & Prints, New York, NY
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OH
Princeton University Art Museum, NJ
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, RI
San José Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Smith College Museum of Art, MA
Stanford University, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford, CA
University of California San Diego, Stuart Collection, San Diego, CA
US Embassy, Beijing, China
US Embassy, Nepal
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Whitespace Collection, West Palm Beach, FL
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
The J.V. Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ

Elizabeth Neel

1975
Born in Stowe, VT
Lives and works in New York, NY
2007
MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
2002
Diploma Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1997
BA, Brown University, Providence, RI

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026
"In the Guts of the Living," Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2023
"The Ghosts of My Friends," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2021
"Elizabeth Neel: Limb after Limb," Pilar Corrias, Savile Row, London, UK
"Elizabeth Neel: Arms Now Legs," Salon 94, New York, NY (Link)
2020
"Elizabeth Neel: In The Belly of the Whale," Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea
"Life in Halves," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"Elizabeth Neel: Nightjars and Allies," Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2018
"Tangled on the Serpent Chair," Mary Boone, New York, NY
2017
"Claw Hammer," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2016
“Vulture and Chicks,” Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2015
"Lobster with Shell Game," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2014
"The People, the Park, the Ornament," Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2013
"3 and 4 before 2 and 5," Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2012
"Routes and Pressures," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"Sphinx Ditch," Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
"Leopard Complex," Sikkema Jenkins & Co., NY
2010
"Stick Season," The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
2009
Monica De Cardenas Gallery, Milan, Italy
2008
"Make No Bones," Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2005
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
"R U STILL PAINTING???," Falcon Art Collective, New York, NY
2021-2022
"Eternal Seasons," LGDR & Wei, Hong Kong
2021
"No Line on the Horizon," Levy Gorvy, Palm Beach, FL
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2020
"Structures of Feelings," Curated by Piper Marshall, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich, Switzerland
2018
"Paintings," Mary Boone, New York, NY
“Surface Work,” Victoria Miro, London, UK (Link)
2016
“August and Everything After,” Plymouth Rock, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
"Speaking Through Paint," Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
2013
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2012
"Modern Talking," curated by Nicola Trezzi, Cluj Museum, Romania
"Uri Aran/Elizabeth Neel, ‘I mean orange" Studiolo, Zürich, Switzerland
2011
"A Painting Show," Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
"Four Rooms," Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
"Painting Overall," Prague Biennial 5, Prague, Czech Republic
"Going Where the Weather Suits My Clothes, A Fall of Light of Fabric," Mothers Tank Station, Dublin, Ireland
2010
"Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool," curated by Bob Nickas, Sagaponack, NY
"Summer Group Show," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Purity is a Myth", Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
"Living with Art: Collecting Contemporary in Metro New York," The Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2009
"Cave Painting," curated by Bob Nickas, New York, NY
"Abstract America," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
"On Paper," Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz, Switzerland
"Pulp Fiction," Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
2008
"A Seer Out of Season," On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
"Subtraction," Deitch Projects, New York, NY
"8 x 11/A4," James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY
2007
"Late Liberties," John Connely Presents, New York, NY
"Salon Nouveau," Engholm Engelhorn, Vienna, Austria
"Landscape," Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY
2006
"Farewell to Icon," Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Garden Party," Deitch Projects, New York, NY
"New Work," Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY
2005
"Flower Power," Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY
"Off My Biscuit," Destroy Your District, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

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2026
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2025
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2014
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2013
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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Public Collections

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Herbert F Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA